How to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked

Today, March 15, we woke up with worrying news. Thousands of Twitter accounts had been hacked to promote hate and racism. Specifically, the intentions of this account theft have been to launch a propaganda message in favor of Turkish President ErdoÄŸan. Next, we give you a trick to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked. Whether you have ever suffered from it or not, it is valuable information. Attention because this is necessary to increase the security of Twitter.

How to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked

In most cases, we are the ones who make this theft of accounts possible. We must assume that, on too many occasions, we allow access to applications that we don't know And that's how they manage to infiltrate our accounts. This new hack should serve to refresh your memory: a Twitter security system that you should follow from time to time.

Steps to follow

• Login to your Twitter account as you usually do
• On the apps page, check which ones have direct access to your account. The normal thing, here, is to see third-party apps with which to manage Twitter. If you identify them as safe, nothing happens. Take a good look at all the different apps on the list.
• If you see an application you don't know, revoke access by pressing the button for that purpose. Also, delete applications that you have not used for a long time. This will increase the security of Twitter.

  

  Login Verification

Also, in your account settings, you can add extra security in your account verification. Once you connect, a message will arrive on your mobile phone to verify that it is indeed you who is accessing the account.

With these two tricks so your Twitter account doesn't get hacked you can breathe easy. Even if you never let your guard down, hackers are getting more and more sophisticated and will find a way to trick you.