Researchers at cyber press discovered a 9.4gb leaked twitter user data containing nearly 200 million user data records This leak, sourced from a twitter database or scrape, represents one of the largest exposures of user data in recent times The leaked data includes email addresses, names, and twitter account details, leaving users vulnerable to phishing attacks, identity theft, and social. Twitter leak in late december, threat actors posted an ad on a popular hacking forum, claiming they were selling the data of over 400 million twitter users At the time, threat actors behind the wanted to sell the data for up to $200k The dataset announced in december, included twitter handles, usernames, email addresses, and phone numbers.
More than 200 million claimed leaked and stolen data records relating to x users have been posted on a popular hacker forum What you need to know. Twitter would constantly ban my account on false grounds and demand that i provide a phone number to get reinstated I refused and would continue a lengthy appeal process with my account suspended for months at a time or longer I'm sure many others acquiesced and are now regretting it if the phone numbers are, indeed, leaked A database posted online claims to reveal more than 200 million associated twitter usernames and email addresses
Data collection sale was started on 4th december 2023 containing more than 200 million twitter profiles The breached data was released as a 59 gb rar archive The vulnerable api was compromised by the scrapers using earlier data collections Twitter users should be aware of targeted phishing scam campaigns. Plus, phishing emails continue to provide a successful entry point for criminals — and nation state thugs — looking to pull off social engineering attacks.
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