The hackers are said to have made the data of more than 200 million Twitter members public. These mainly consist of names and email addresses.
According to the Cybernews website, the hackers got it information from 235 million Twitter members and would make them freely available to the public. Cybercriminals are said to have managed to steal almost 63GB of data social networking servers. The latter, already in turmoil, really doesn’t need another scandal. The trust contract between the platform and its users was already well underway. Will this security breach be the straw that broke the camel’s back?
The data made available to the hackers mainly includes users’ names and their e-mail addresses. According to Cybernews, “ the number of users affected by the leak is enormous. Also, their email is linked to their name and nickname Chirping. Now that it is accessible to all hackers, this information can lead to social engineering and doxxing (the disclosure of personal data with malicious intent) attacks. If you want your data to be safe, consult the personal data leak checker made available to you by the site specialized in cybersecurity.
More than half of Twitter’s 450 million monthly active users are affected by this new leak
Shortly after Christmas, Twitter had been victim of data theft of 400 million accountsrecord figure for the social network, which has already paid the pricea massive hack of its data in July 2022. The cybercriminals demanded the sum of $200,000 against the return of the entire database. Apparently Elon did not fulfill the ransom note of the hackers, because hackers now reveal complete data stolen.
Everything suggests that the data put online is the same as the December 2022 leak, purged of their duplicates and other redundant data. The latter is already starting to produce harmful effects: Piers Morgan, British television host, has lost control of his account. Hackers took it and deleted it purely and simply.
Source : cyber news