Tumblr's Security Breach Downplayed as Time Goes By
To error is human and Tumblr admits a human being made the mistake which led to the exposure of "sensitive server configuration information", but not the rumored disclosure of users' login details. The platform fixed the situation just a few hours after its detection and is now reviewing its dealings to make sure similar calamities are prevented.
“Time heals all” may play an important role in blogging platform Tumblr’s snafu this last weekend. The company is downplaying the significance of a security breach, according to Mashable.
The calamity began with an obvious tweet Saturday morning letting folks know security breach in the platform of Tumblr occurred. “OMG… The Tumbeasts are spitting out passwords!”
Like most castrophoric tweets, the retweeting commenced and flooded Twitter like a tsunami, foretelling the world doom is near because of a coding error.
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