Twitter may introduce a two-step authentication process to boost security, which is under a testing phase currently, Wired reported.
After several Twitter accounts of high-profile corporate and news organizations were hacked in the recent months, Twitter is taking steps to ensure higher security.
The company is reportedly in the testing phase for its new two-factor authentication, which should enhance the security for all Twitter accounts. At least better than one password security. The two-step verification process has been successfully adopted by several organizations such as Google in 2011 and Microsoft just last week.
Twitter announced job postings for software engineers who held expertise in the field of two -factor authentication, earlier in February. Twitter is currently testing out the new security option, but it remains unknown when the micro-blogging service plans to roll out the service for its more than 200 million users worldwide.
The reports of Twitter's new verification process came just after the Associated Press' Twitter account was hacked and false tweets were posted reporting two explosions at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama.
In recent months, several other news media organizations were hacked. News organizations including BBC, CBS news programs "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" and Al-Jazeera English were also hacked.
Twitter's new two-factor authentication is expected to put an end or at least reduce the reoccurrence of such hacks in the future.
The added verification step, similar to Google or Facebook, will ask users for a username and password and in addition send out a unique security code to users' phone via text message, voice mail or mobile app.
Every time a log in attempt is made from a new device, the security code will be sent out, which must be entered when prompted. This way hackers will face difficulty in getting in as they either need to have access to the same device where it was logged in earlier or know the security code sent to the user's phone.
