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Twitter says a 'security incident' led to private Circle tweets becoming public

, Twitter told affected users the exposure was the result of “a security incident that occured earlier this year.”

The company claims the issue was “immediately fixed.” It also shared an apology. “Twitter is committed to protecting the privacy of the people who use our service, and we understand the risks that an incident like this can introduce and we deeply regret this happened,” the company said. When news of the exposure first started circulating online, some,, speculated the issue was the result of Twitter failing to filter Circle tweets out of its recommendation algorithm.

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