Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock has said hackers stole more than 200 million email addresses of Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum. The security researcher in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday said it was “one of the most significant leaks I've seen.” The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” he said.
January 6, 2023The security researcher in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday said it was “one of the most significant leaks I've seen.”
The security researcher in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday said it was “one of the most significant leaks I've seen.”Twitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on Dec. 24, nor responded to inquiries about the breach since that date. It was not clear what action, if any, Twitter has taken to investigate or remediate the issue.Screenshots of the hacker forum, where the data appeared on Wednesday, have circulated online, Reuters reports.
There were no clues to the identity or location of the hacker or hackers behind the breach. It may have taken place as early as 2021, which was before Elon Musk took over ownership of the company last year.
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