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To learn more, read <a target=_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.askdavetaylor.com\/how_did_twitter_hacked_password_reminders_security.html\">Ask Dave Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early July, a hacker comprised the email account of a Twitter employee, and stole some internal company documents. He did this by using the password reminder feature of Gmail. What can we learn from this? 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