32 million Twitter passwords were sold for whopping 10 Bit coins (around $5,775). Though Twitter denies the hacking fact, but as far as sources are concerned, the fact is real. The major fact that can be concluded from this is that it's not tough to hack one's account. Some steps can be taken to insure that your tweets do not fall in the hands of those who would use them for spam links. One step is to get a password manager, like LastPass, who would generate a random password for you which is difficult to hack as the passwords undergo the process of hashing. The second option is going for an OTP along with your normal password for every time you log in. Hacking can only be achieved if you lose your device. Twitter, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, all provide this under the 'Security Privacy' tab. Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/06/09/32m-twitter-passwords-sale-password-manager-two-factor-authentication/#735a5e622073