Twitter data leaked - 400 million user details up for sale

[Eric]

https://cybernews.com/news/twitter-data-leaked-400-million-user-details-up-for-sale/

Threat actors are allegedly selling data of 400 million Twitter users, including celebrities, businesses, and government organizations.

Hours before Christmas, threat actors posted an ad on a well-known hacker forum, claiming they were selling the data of over 400 million Twitter users.

The dataset includes Twitter handles, usernames, email addresses, and phone numbers. People behind the leak claim they are willing to sell the data for $50,000.

According to the post on the hacker forum, the data scrape was possible due to an unnamed ‘vulnerability.’ Data leaks of such scale are often possible due to system flaws that allow harvesting information at scale, a practice known as ‘scraping.’

 

[lizkat]

https://cybernews.com/news/twitter-data-leaked-400-million-user-details-up-for-sale/

Threat actors are allegedly selling data of 400 million Twitter users, including celebrities, businesses, and government organizations.

So can Elon possibly be THAT broke?

 

[Renzatic]

Called it.

 

[Cmaier]

Donald Trump Jr.‘s info is in there. I won’t dox him but the details are floating all over the web now. To me the funny thing is his email is a hotmail account.

 

[Edd]

To me the funny thing is his email is a hotmail account.

Coolest thing about him (my primary is a Yahoo mail I started in 1997).

 

[Cmaier]

Coolest thing about him (my primary is a Yahoo mail I started in 1997).

I was a victim of a yahoo data leak years ago, which ended up getting my Identity stolen. Boo yahoo.

 

[Cmaier]

I was a victim of a yahoo data leak years ago, which ended up getting my Identity stolen. Boo yahoo.

Also, I met my wife on yahoo personals.

Boo yahoo.

 

[dada_dave]

Oh goodie.

 

[fischersd]

Donald Trump Jr.‘s info is in there. I won’t dox him but the details are floating all over the web now. To me the funny thing is his email is a hotmail account.

Someone needs to take all of the Trump family leaked creds and try them on all of the US banking sites. (almost a certainty that these knuckle-draggers used the same credentials for their banking)

 

[throAU]

Donald Trump Jr.‘s info is in there. I won’t dox him but the details are floating all over the web now. To me the funny thing is his email is a hotmail account.

To be fair the email someone used for twitter may be a throw away account.

 

[Yoused]

So, anyone who wants it and has $50K can get it? I mean, this would not be like a NFT, they can sell it as many times as they want, right?

 

[Riyan17]

It's deeply concerning to hear about the massive Twitter data leak, with details of 400 million users now up for sale. Such breaches jeopardize user privacy and security, potentially leading to various forms of exploitation and identity theft. This incident underscores the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures and stricter regulations to safeguard personal data across digital platforms. Users must remain vigilant and prioritize their online safety.

 

[Cmaier]

It's deeply concerning to hear about the massive Twitter data leak, with details of 400 million users now up for sale. Such breaches jeopardize user privacy and security, potentially leading to various forms of exploitation and identity theft. This incident underscores the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures and stricter regulations to safeguard personal data across digital platforms. Users must remain vigilant and prioritize their online safety.

This seems like something chatGPT wrote.

 

[jbailey]

This seems like something chatGPT wrote.

Yup. I took a look at all 11 posts by this "user" and they all read that way. And all 11 posts were posted today between 5:19 am to 5:36 am. Clearly a bot.

 

[Cmaier]

Yup. I took a look at all 11 posts by this "user" and they all read that way. And all 11 posts were posted today between 5:19 am to 5:36 am. Clearly a bot.

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