A small number of Twitter users might have had their DMs sent to developers thanks to a bug

A bug that affected Twitter uses from May 2017 to September 10th of 2018 could have resulted in certain Direct Messages or protected tweets...

A bug that affected Twitter uses from May 2017 to September 10th of 2018 could have resulted in certain Direct Messages or protected tweets getting sent to developers who were not part of the conversation. The bug was found in Twitter's Account Activity API (AAAPI), which is used by companies to improve their communications with customers on the platform. Those affected had sent direct messages to companies that used a developer to run their Twitter account for customers. If this developer employed Twitter's Account Activity API (AAAPI), the subscriber could have been victimized by the bug.

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