BRIEF-Twitter Says Recently Received Report About Malicious Mobile Software Development Kit Maintained By oneAudience

Twitter Inc: * TWITTER SAYS RECENTLY RECEIVED A REPORT ABOUT A MALICIOUS MOBILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK) MAINTAINED BY ONEAUDIENCE

* TWITTER SAYS MALICIOUS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT AVAILABLE THROUGH THIRD-PARTY APP STORES MAY HAVE PUT SOME WHO USE TWITTER FOR ANDROID AT RISK * TWITTER SAYS HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT THE IOS VERSION OF THIS MALICIOUS SDK TARGETED PEOPLE WHO USE TWITTER FOR IOS

* TWITTER INC SAYS HAVE INFORMED GOOGLE AND APPLE ABOUT THE MALICIOUS SDK SO THEY CAN TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF NEEDED * TWITTER SAYS SECURITY TEAM HAS DETERMINED 'MALICIOUS SDK' MAY EXPLOIT VULNERABILITY IN MOBILE ECOSYSTEM TO ALLOW PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE ACCESSED

* TWITTER- RECENT 'MALICIOUS ACTIVITY' IS NOT DUE TO VULNERABILITY IN CO'S SOFTWARE, BUT RATHER LACK OF ISOLATION BETWEEN SDKS WITHIN AN APP Source text - http://bit.ly/34jXpGZ Further company coverage:

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