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Twitter stated that a "bug" was sending the user's private messages to third-party developers "who were not allowed to receive them".
The social media giant began warning users Friday of possible exposure to a message in the app.
"The problem has persisted since May 2017, but we solved it immediately after finding out," said the message, which was posted on Twitter by a mashable journalist. "Our investigation into this problem is ongoing, but currently we have no reason to believe that data sent to unauthorized developers has been misused."
A spokesman told TechCrunch that it was "very unlikely" that communications would be sent to the wrong developers, but warned users to be cautious.
Twitter said in an opinion only messages sent to brand accounts – such as airlines or delivery services – can be affected. In a separate blog postTwitter said its investigation confirmed "a single set of technical circumstances where this problem could have occurred."
The bug was discovered on September 10, but it took almost two weeks to inform users.
"If your account has been affected by this bug, we will contact you directly via an in-app review and on twitter.com," said the advisor.
The company said the bug affected less than 1% of users on Twitter. The company had 335 million users as of the last publication of its results.
"No action is required from you," the message said.
This is the second data-related bug this year. In May, the company reported that it mistakenly entered users' plain text passwords into an internal log used by Twitter staff. Twitter has urged users to change their password.
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