X is retiring Twitter.com and may lock your account if you don't act fast
You might need to act soon to keep accessing your X account.
Elon Musk's website, formerly known as Twitter, quietly announced it was killing off the old Twitter.com domain. That means the company is requiring users who use a hardware security key or passkey to re-enroll, otherwise they will be locked out of their account.
X's safety account posted a statement alerting folks to the change. It read:
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"By November 10, we’re asking all accounts that use a security key as their two factor authentication (2FA) method to re-enroll their key to continue accessing X. You can re-enroll your existing security key, or enroll a new one. A reminder: if you enroll a new security key, any other security keys will stop working (unless also re-enrolled).
After November 10, if you haven’t re-enrolled a security key, your account will be locked until you: re-enroll; choose a different 2FA method; or elect not to use 2FA (but we always recommend you use 2FA to protect your account!)."
You can check the status of your 2FA on X by navigating to Settings & privacy > Security and account access > Security > Two-factor authentication. If your account is affected, however, X should prompt you to re-enroll. The change, X said, is being made so that everything can migrate away from Twitter's old domain.
"To clarify: this change is not related to any security concern, and only impacts Yubikeys and passkeys - not other 2FA methods (such as authenticator apps)," the safety account wrote. "Security keys enrolled as a 2FA method are currently tied to the twitter[.]com domain. Re-enrolling your security key will associate them with x[.]com, allowing us to retire the Twitter domain."
So Twitter really, truly is being killed off — and you might need to act to stay on X.
Topics Cybersecurity Privacy X/Twitter Elon Musk
Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).
