Twitter HACKED: More Than 200 Million Users’ Account Details LEAKED; Hacker Puts Private Information Up For Grabs In Biggest Breach Ever!
The Isreali cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock called the latest Twitter breach one of the ‘most significant leaks ever’
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Twitter has once again landed in troubled waters as it was reports suggest that it was hacked once again. The hacker, who goes by the name, StayMad reportedly leaked all the personal data of over 200 million users, including high profile accounts such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump Jr., SpaceX, CBS Media, NBA, WHO, and more.
The officals have already initiated a probe which suggests that the latest data hack could be the same as the one seen in December 2022, during which the hacker addressed himself as Ryushi and leaked the data of 400 million accounts on the dark Web.
Twitter database leaks for free with 235,000,000 records.
— Hudson Rock (@RockHudsonRock) January 4, 2023
The database contains 235,000,000 unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses and will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing.
This is one of the most significant leaks ever. pic.twitter.com/kxRY605qMZ
The latest instance of 200 million accounts are the remnants of the previous hack, after the elimination of duplicate data. The Isreali cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock called this one of the "most significant leaks ever," and that the database has over 235 million accounts in total.
As per Hudson Rock, the database contained devastating amounts of information including e-mails and phone numbers of high-profile users. Hudson Rock shared several screenshots of the post on Twitter.
BREAKING: Hudson Rock discovered a credible threat actor is selling 400,000,000 Twitter users data.
— Hudson Rock (@RockHudsonRock) December 24, 2022
The private database contains devastating amounts of information including emails and phone numbers of high profile users such as AOC, Kevin O'Leary, Vitalik Buterin & more (1/2). pic.twitter.com/wQU5LLQeE1
"I am selling data of +400 million unique Twitter users that was scrapped via a vulnerability, this data is completely private," the hacker wrote in his post. To everyone’s surprise, the hacker claimed he also offered a deal to Twitter, according to the report.
"Twitter or Elon Musk, if you are reading this post, you are already at risk of GDPR fines for the data leak of over 54 million users. Now fines for data leak of 400 million users," said the hacker.
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