Hacker Claims to Be Selling Personal Data of 400 Million Twitter Users
A hacker claims to be selling the personal Twitter data of 400 million users, according to a report.
The individual in question claimed to be selling the public and private data of more than 400 million Twitter users stolen in November 2021, which exploited an API vulnerability that was not fixed until January 2022.
Although Twitter fixed the vulnerability in January, it appears that multiple hackers were already able to steal enormous amounts of private information from users before it was addressed.
The data contained information from users, including their emails, usernames, account creation dates, and phone numbers; including those of 37 celebrities, politicians, journalists, corporations, and government agencies….