How To De-Authorize All Of Those Twitter Apps You Forgot About

Hundreds of Twitter accounts were hacked with a swastika through a third party app, which means it's probably time to check on your Twitter apps. Earlier this morning, hackers took over hundreds of Twitter accounts and posted a message in Turkish that included swastikas and a "NaziHolland" hashtag. BBC North America, Reuters Japan, Nike Spain, and Duke University's Twitter accounts were some of the targets. A statement from Twitter revealed that the source of the hack was a third party app. The company claims users don't need to take any action, but now might be a good time to review which apps you've authenticated with your Twitter login details and revoke apps that you no longer use. bravotv.com / Via realitytvgifs.tumblr.com It's *very* simple. Go to http://twitter.com/settings/applications and review all of the apps you've authorized. Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News Then, click "Revoke access" (obvs). Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News / Emoji One View Entire List › via BuzzFeed - Tech http://ift.tt/2mP7k48 If new feed item from http://www.buzzfeed.com/tech.xml, then send me an email at gocukx.faster@blogger.com