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If you noticed a weird assortment of random numbers and letters pop up in a Twitter notification on your phone on Tuesday you weren’t alone.
An influx of Twitter users posted screenshots of the mysterious occurrence.
Looks like @Twitter is having a freak out moment after the last update. 🧐 Anyone else having this problem? pic.twitter.com/3nUU2tGq2g
— Jack Phan (@JackPhan) October 16, 2018
Keep getting this sort of thing every minute. Anyone know what's going on? pic.twitter.com/8Rd2BP9cGJ
— Chris Martin | ABV (@mrcjmartin) October 16, 2018
I keep getting these weird Twitter notifications. Anyone else having this problem? pic.twitter.com/OI1v4k957K
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) October 16, 2018
Does anyone know what this twitter notification could possibly mean? pic.twitter.com/iY6hQNLOgy
— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) October 16, 2018
Company chief executive Jack Dorsey said the issue should be fixed now and is currently trying to understand why it happened.
Should be fixed now. Working to understand why it happened
— jack (@jack) October 16, 2018
At this stage, there is nothing to suggest the message was something malicious and appears it may have just been an error.
