Michael Arrington's TechCrunch has been gleefully leaking out information obtained from a recent hack of Twitter's confidential information. But the blog has done so with the disclaimer that it "received the green light" from Twitter.

Not so, Twitter executives said.

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams posted a message on Twitter on Thursday, denying that TechCrunch had permission to post the documents: "@TechCrunch @arrington 'we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information' What?! By whom? That's not our understanding" Twitter co-founder Biz Stone also addressed the controversial issue in a blog post on Thursday titled, "Someone Call Security."

"First, it's important to note how these documents were stolen," wrote Stone in the post. He went on to explain the situation, in which vital information was taken from the microblogging service by way of ineffective passwords used to secure important company documents.

"We are pursuing a path to address the harm caused by these actions and as noted yesterday, we've already reached out to the partners and individuals affected," Stone added.

Stone didn't go into specifics about what "actions" the company might take, or who precisely--the hackers or the Websites that published the information--would be targeted.

Originally posted to AppScout.