I think I know why! because they are probably logged into a twitter app such as Twigget for Mac, Twitterific for Mac, Ubertwitter for Blackberry, Tweetie for Mac and iPhone ECT. If they don't update their new password in those applications, they will keep retrying to sign in and eventually lock your account due to "suspicious activity" AKA constantly trying to sign in with the wrong password. I may be wrong, but this is what happened to me when I changed my password about a month ago. :)
SimpleTechGuru
· 1 month ago
actually, I did go into tweetdeck to try to change it in my tweetdeck preferences and I got failed attempt and locked out. no...this was a weird fluke.
zulseffort
· 1 month ago
Yes.. I believe this is the case. I am having the same experience three months ago.
Lochnload
· 1 month ago
Makes a change from hotmail / gmail / yahoo / insert other free app here / has been hacked change your password now, news.
I'm almost tempted to change it for a laugh (but not quite).
itscameronwood
· 1 month ago
i had just changed my twitter password earlier today but i didn't have any problems logging back in. must be sort of new
everydayangelwb@netscape.net
· 1 month ago
Me too. I had to change my password earlier and since then it's working fine... should I be concerned about it???
Amar
· 1 month ago
There doesn't appear to be any issues with a friend of mine who changed his password about an hour ago. He only uses TweetDeck when he's not updating his profile, so yeah, not sure what's going on.
Name
· 1 month ago
it happened to me this week-end and I did not like it at all! Glad to see it was a bug, soon to be fixed.
Stephanie
· 1 month ago
it happened to me once but I haven't done it since....but I won't change anything anytime soon.
ariauakbar
· 1 month ago
last week my friends username has been stolen by abother user.
Jerry Zambrano
· 1 month ago
Thanks for the info. I'm actually responding as a result of a tweet from @Alyssa_Milano (Verified Account of course)
techreevu
· 1 month ago
Yes....... somehow I managed to change my user name.... and my account locked me out of other User's eyes.......
Dayze
· 1 month ago
It did affect me a couple of months back, I could not login with my own password and had to change it several times a day.
i think that is de reason i cant go on my otha account. i chamnged my name and then a day later i couldnt go on it.
S!ick
· 1 month ago
For days I have been receiving e-mail messages from Twitter about changing my password, which I did not do: I assumed someone was trying to get into my account...
Sarah Horvat
· 1 month ago
The problem now is different. I was suddenly unable to tweet, only DM, random times the past few days. May have been high traffic times; it is likely from Twitter changes that are boogering up any related tweeting app.'s. Generally when there is an app. issue like this, you can use Twitter. Changing passwords is a major pain and will definitely cause verification issues everywhere...unless you're lucky.
bitlockers
· 1 month ago
Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't tried to change mine in a good while. I was considering doing it today so I'm glad I didn't!
modemlooper
· 1 month ago
oh mashable are you freaking kidding me with these huge ads? thanks god for RSS!
Thoma Daneau
· 1 month ago
changed my password today and nothing changed.
Ross_Gardner
· 1 month ago
I changed my username about 4 hours ago, and I haven't noticed anything. my tweetdeck did have some issues, but I got it sorted out in about 5 minutes.
craigpucci
· 1 month ago
Changed my password 40 times in the last 10 days. Kept telling me "wrong password". Had to click the "forgot password" to get email then reset password to proceed. I thought someone hacked my account but now I see the Fail Whale was the culprit.
SimpleTechGuru
· 1 month ago
I always think it's something that I DID wrong...What timing...happened to me a couple days ago but now it's back to normal.
Clemence Ko
· 1 month ago
Well seems like not a lot of people are affected but I am the rare ones. I recently just change my password and got log out a few times. Its a on and off thing but it do get on your nerves. At least I know Twitter is going to fix it. And I thought Twitter is going to BAN me! Phew!
JohnPaul
· 1 month ago
thanx for the warning
paramendra
· 1 month ago
Not anybody I know.
Lisa G
· 1 month ago
I had changed the password to my account a few days ago and have had problems ever since. Sometimes I need to use my new password, sometimes it recognizes the old password. Sometimes it won't let me in at all. Also, Twitter won't remember all my settings now either. My custom background will go away, as well as the icon. Things freeze up if I even attempt to use TweetDeck. I just started using TweetDeck the same day I changed my password, and thought it was a Tweek Deck issue.... thanks for sharing this information!
whose
· 1 month ago
bahaya nie...skg macam rasa tak selamt pulk..harap2 perkara ini dapat diatasi segera...
CassieDash
· 1 month ago
It's been locking me out all day today, I thought it was something wrong with my account so I changed my password. It keeps messing me up. I can't tweet online or with TweetDeck properly. Can you reset my account so that I can?
pippipin
· 1 month ago
is this a hoax or urban myth?
spyker3292
· 1 month ago
FAIL. I had this issue last month. Changed my username and I was locked out for almost a week. Now they finally notice.
Philip James
· 1 month ago
I've had this issue (a few weeks back) - it resolved itself after a day or so, so suspected it was caching.
twittybing
· 1 month ago
I did open my inbox this morning and surprised to read an email from twitter team confirming and welcoming me. I went to bed very late lastnight just to set up my profile on twitter because I'm not that expert but at last i made it. I want a new name that has sound related to twitter word. thanks and sorry for that
twittybing
twittybing
· 1 month ago
I love it here on twitter. Welldone twitter team! I'm always excited to know more about it!
twitterbing
twittybing
· 1 month ago
I would love to introduce this to all my friends.
Cok Tri
· 1 month ago
Hopefully Twitter corrects the issue soon as I'm periodically change my password
Steve
· 1 month ago
Thanks for the tip. The closest thing that ever happened to me was when a new username had been used by someone else and abused leading external services to not allow me to join.
Anand
· 1 month ago
"See what people are saying about" - Is the grammar okay here?
Bart Hoekstra
· 1 month ago
There actually has been a problem like this for months already. I don't really get why Twitter is finally addressing the problem, right now. They should've looked up their GetSatisfaction which is filled with people complaining about this bug.
tcusack247
· 1 month ago
I have been locked out since the weekend myself. Twitter support has been little help at all. Hopefully they fix this issue asap!!
felipe09
· 1 month ago
Is it safe now?
Stuart Flatt
· 1 month ago
I changed my password a few days ago after a random tweet that I had not posted. I could always log into twitter.com but I could not verify the new details in tweetdeck. This subsequently locked me out twitter.com for trying to many times!
However both are fine and dandy this morning though!
There is a massive racket on Twitter by @gtissa I have spent weeks day and night, putting it all together at TRANSPARENCY.tissa-godavitarne.info
DLWilsonsWorld
· 1 month ago
I changed my Twitter password, about 10 days ago due to alert stories about hackers & phishers, warning us TO change our passwords. So, I changed my password on the web version of Twitter, and since then I have been locked out of TweetDeck, which would not accept my new password. I finally figured the only way around it, after pulling some hair out, was to sign in as a "new user" account on the computer I am using. I have to sign in this way, & go thru hoops each and every time! But at least I'm able to access it, thankfully! Please let me know if this is the same issue, and when and how it is to be resolved. Thank you!
walidmrealtor
· 1 month ago
Tweetdeck was the cause of my issue as well. I'm highly considering uninstalling it....
mcktrn
· 1 month ago
HAHA BULLSH*T ROFL
Terry jackson
· 1 month ago
don't change your E-mail or password NOW REALLY!!! mmmh think about it
Chelsea
· 1 month ago
Yeah this happened to my old acount.
Christy Sihotang
· 1 month ago
uh yea. i changed my username then logged in to ubertwitter in my bb. it asked me to verify my account, so i click on the verify button. it says success but then i wasnt able to log in. so i tried again and this time i didnt click on the verify account button, just press the next button instead. it works and logged on successfully.
dainathomas
· 1 month ago
Thanks for the warning ..I have not logged into twitter from last 2 weeks ..I guess there has been 140 character warning as well .... ;)
Cheers, Daina
walidmrealtor
· 1 month ago
Interesting.
I decided to use tweetdeck (after months), tried to login, failed, went to the web to login and was locked out. The interesting part - I'm locked out via Firefox, Internet Explorer logs in and allows me to tweet.
I haven't tried Chrome or the IE Tab function via Firefox, yet.
Kristoffer Sandven
· 1 month ago
Starting monday, I have lost every @reply on my account since October 1st. Anyone else experiencing this? I also seem to not get all of the replies in my @replies page...
Dana
· 1 month ago
It certainly affected me, and I was careful - I reset it in Tweetdeck, and deleted all my cookies etc - made sure Topify was NOT having access to twitter at that time etc. I would get locked out every few hours. And yes, I did notice it occurred more with Tweetdeck open. Once I got back in I left Tweetdeck off for a day and used the web - now I think I'm ok
jessie
· 1 month ago
everytime i log in it says my account is locked so i have to change and than it says my acount is lock i do this everytime i log in for a half hour it pissed me off
Ollie
· 1 month ago
I changed my password and was locked out of my account for half a day. The reason? One of my various apps was still trying to log in using the old password.
rizache
· 1 month ago
I dont have the problem.
The_jamie_dood
· 1 month ago
i changed my email nothing happened
Rena ✿
· 1 month ago
Thank you! No issues here but others might be having a problem...【ツ】
Defintely had this issues in the past week after I noticed my account was hijacked.
dean
· 1 month ago
I changed my password 2 days ago and can't follow anybody now. i keep getting this Error: Does ANYBODY know what this error means or how to fix this. “ Entry not found. You do not have access to entry#14959. It may have been deleted “
foxyreign
· 1 month ago
no change :)
Guest
· 1 month ago
how long will it takes to fix this?
bravenewmalden
· 1 month ago
I changed my password last week, and for days afterwards got a 'Javascript node runtime error' or something. It seems to have stopped now.
Steve in Bloomington
· 1 month ago
It affected me. I don't like this name and wanted to change it back....
Todd Tilley
· 1 month ago
Please I have been down since Aug 28th - Glad to see Twitter is quick to respond @toddtilley - I have emailed them 7 times since then and still have heard nothing from them. Has anyone ever reached a live person at Twitter?
Todd Tilley
· 1 month ago
The other too - Twitter doesnt even recognize my email address anymore - yet my account is still there - I keep getting the - O SNAP Message.
hillarybressler
· 1 month ago
Yes this happened to me yesterday. After I loaded TweetDeck...I got locked out. @hillarybressler I am at a conference so tweeting from my company account @commarketing.com instead. I prefer to tweet via my personal brand. What do I do. Twitter tells me to chillax?
Glenn James
· 1 month ago
Having trouble with twitter jumping between accounts.
2healthguru
· 1 month ago
DM scams abound today! Do not click on any offers!!! Damn it takes a village!
readingtofour
· 1 month ago
Yes, this is happening to me now! Today I got a DM from two people saying I was in some video. I clicked on link, which went no where. Low and behold it was a phishing scam and I find out that to stop it I need to change my password, which I do. Then two hours later when I try to sign back on it won't accept my password, luckily I have an email from Twitter telling me to change it (from before) which I use again and manage to get in.
Now it is a couple of hours later and I cannot get in and cannot change my password, so basically I am locked out! This has been a VERY sucky day in Twitterland for me! I am tired of all these problems! I certainly hope they clear this mess up quick.
Pierre Bueser
· 1 month ago
Nope affected me! FML! X___X
Kim Skildum-Reid
· 1 month ago
I got a lot of those phishing DMs today and then an email from "Twitter" telling me that my login had been disabled due to a security issue and to click through a link and change my password immediately.
I checked on Twitter and couldn't find any indication that this email was for real (no other warnings on the site), so I didn't click through and haven't changed my details.
Has anyone else got this email? Do you know if it's for real?
Kerstin Hoffmann
· 1 month ago
My partner just lost his username after just having changed it. Now it is blocked. Any suggestions how to fix that?
Julian James
· 1 month ago
Yes! Having changed my password about 7 or 8 times over the last couple of days I now wish I had read this article!
My main problem has been Tweetdeck not recognising my new passwords although that has been a sporadic issue.
It's certainly made me realise how much I rely on Twitter and Tweetdeck during my day.
Name
· 1 month ago
In the past few days, I noticed that when I logged onto Twitter from a different machine, my personalized desktop background and profile pic were gone.
Pixelrage
· 1 month ago
No change..however, someone got access to my account and tweeted some scam for a "stream Paranormal Activity full movie". Still can't figure out how that happened.
@BeckyBlanton
· 1 month ago
Hell yeah!!! Affected me. I STILL can't get into my twitter account. But it's been weeks, not recent. I signed up online and didn't put a phone number down. Now I can't verify a phone number so I can't get a password reset. I get the same stock answer from Twitter and no human being. Would LOVE to get my account back. What can I do?
mskatren
· 1 month ago
I had the same problem. I changed my password on my twitter account (not too long ago)and I couldn't log into my iPhone Tweety app. But, I FIXED this problem by changing my "changed" password back to the ORIGINAL password. I beleive that the 3rd party apps will only recognize your orignal/first password you made with Twitter. Now I'm able to log into Tweety app on my iPhone! It worked for me. HOPE this helps.
mskatren
· 1 month ago
I just had the same problem. I changed my password on my twitter account (not too long ago)and I couldn't log into my iPhone Tweety app. But, I FIXED this problem by changing my "changed" password back to the ORIGINAL password. I beleive that the 3rd party apps will only recognize your orignal/first password you made with Twitter. Now I'm able to log into Tweety app on my iPhone! =D It worked for me. HOPE THIS HELPS.
Estrella
· 1 month ago
Does anyone know if this has been resolved yet??
Julian James
· 1 month ago
I'm still getting issues. I can get on one day then all of a sudden I get locked out of Twitter and Tweetdeck says I'm not Authorised again. Frustrating!
I can't even find anything to suggest that Twitter are even working on a fix. They seem to be under the impression that they have resolved the issue.
The most recent thing can find says:
OCT 18TH
We are currently investigating a problem whereby some Twitter clients in widely scattered network locations are unable to connect to twitter.com.
Update (Sunday 1:36pm PDT): Network should be back to normal now. We are investigating the cause of the outage and will update this with more information when we know more
I'm having major issues. I can log on, but I keep getting booted off. I use Tweetdeck. Wish I had seen this before i changed my password!
robert krawczyk
· 1 month ago
yes i can,t get in tweetdeck
robert krawczyk
· 1 month ago
i'm locked out of friends on tweetdeck
FireMom
· 1 month ago
Any update on this? I had a friend whose account was hacked today so I thought it best to change my password. In doing so, I officially locked myself out of my account multiple times and cannot get my iphone app to accept the new one(s) either.
Heads up?
Kristin
· 1 month ago
I changed my username today and I'm having serious issues with Twitter now. I only get messages if people use my new username, but my home page still lists my old username as my current one. When I click on my "profile", it tells me the page does not exist, and sometimes when I try to type in my new username it tells me there is a technical issue and fails to show my profile. This may have been difficult to follow, but trust me, it's difficult for me to understand and deal with right now. Very frustrating. I hope they fix this technical glitch soon.
heyshanna
· 1 month ago
This is what's happening to me now IN ADDITION to unable to log in.
Sheena
· 1 month ago
Is it safe yet?
Andrew Cullison
· 1 month ago
Something is affecting me with respect to password changing. Right after that phishing scam yesterday. I changed my password.
After a few hours of using third party apps with the *new* password. My account would revert to the old password. It's done this 3-4 times now.
indukuri
· 1 month ago
Yes..
indukuri
· 1 month ago
yes
heyshanna
· 1 month ago
Sh*t. I forgot about this (I RTed this when it first came out). I just changed mine earlier today and logged out, now I can't log in.
Scott
· 1 month ago
I've been trying to change my user name for a few weeks now, but after changing it, it would mysteriously change back. Twitter support has been non-responsive. I'm assuming this must be the issue. Also, I can no longer access the Twitter Facebook app. Maybe they are related.
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I'm almost tempted to change it for a laugh (but not quite).
Mashable
thanks and sorry for that
twittybing
twitterbing
However both are fine and dandy this morning though!
http://socialmediastations.blogspot.com/2009/10...
Cheers,
Daina
I decided to use tweetdeck (after months), tried to login, failed, went to the web to login and was locked out. The interesting part - I'm locked out via Firefox, Internet Explorer logs in and allows me to tweet.
I haven't tried Chrome or the IE Tab function via Firefox, yet.
nothing happened
http://dannykastanya.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/anarbol
Now it is a couple of hours later and I cannot get in and cannot change my password, so basically I am locked out! This has been a VERY sucky day in Twitterland for me! I am tired of all these problems! I certainly hope they clear this mess up quick.
I checked on Twitter and couldn't find any indication that this email was for real (no other warnings on the site), so I didn't click through and haven't changed my details.
Has anyone else got this email? Do you know if it's for real?
My main problem has been Tweetdeck not recognising my new passwords although that has been a sporadic issue.
It's certainly made me realise how much I rely on Twitter and Tweetdeck during my day.
I can't even find anything to suggest that Twitter are even working on a fix. They seem to be under the impression that they have resolved the issue.
The most recent thing can find says:
OCT
18TH
We are currently investigating a problem whereby some Twitter clients in widely scattered network locations are unable to connect to twitter.com.
Update (Sunday 1:36pm PDT): Network should be back to normal now. We are investigating the cause of the outage and will update this with more information when we know more
Heads up?
After a few hours of using third party apps with the *new* password. My account would revert to the old password. It's done this 3-4 times now.