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Email addresses linked to more than 200 million Twitter profiles are currently circulating on underground hacker forums, security experts say

. The apparent data leak could expose the real-life identities of anonymous Twitter users and make it easier for criminals to hijack Twitter accounts, the experts warned, or even victims’ accounts on other websites. The trove of leaked records also includes Twitter users’ names, account handles, follower numbers and the dates the accounts were created, according to forum listings reviewed by security researchers and shared with CNN.

The account data could also be valuable to hackers who can use the information as part of password-reset attempts and account takeovers. The risk is particularly high for individuals who use the same account credentials on Twitter as they do for other digital services such as banks or cloud storage, researchers said, because hackers could take information gleaned from the leak to pry open user accounts elsewhere.

 

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I thought Elon was saying how he would improve Twitter.

who gives a shit what CNN thinks of twitter

I allege that's Google's fault..

The European Union fines are going to be fucking disastrous.

~ it’s been updated… i’m included in this one and a few others, no surprise.

Hey elonmusk fix this please! We don’t need Twitter compromised. Thanks.

Who is the security expert?

Hey elonmusk - keep up the great work!

Shutting down twitter to prevent communication

Christmas day my email and social were compromised multiple times.

Thanks elonmusk ❤️I'm so happy that you are changing Twitter 💋

Yeah I’ll be the first one to tell ya that I wouldn’t have not one bit of it regret putting the basted behind bars for taking advantage of anybody by hacking their accounts!! So guess what people we need to stand our ground and make sure they are CAUGHT… sincerely,,, “MUFASA….

Is this true elonmusk ?

So... this happened in 2021 and was fixed in 2022.

People constantly attempting to destroy Twitter since Musks take over. Laughable

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The rest of the world can't wait to see your comedic reports about today 'the worst day in American history' 😂

Mellofahess !!

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Email addresses have leaked 1000x over from 1000's of websites. Get ready for more spam.

This level of security on Twitter is a disaster, it's really great 🤦👎

Breaking news that’s 2 years old

Believe

How many emails am I going to get from China and Saudi Arabia?

elonmusk takes ZERO responsibility - like all Republicans.

Ya Türkiye Cumhuriyetinde tanitilacagim ve kaosu oraya tasiyacagim (ki kimseyi korumayacaksiniz orda), yada Dünya genelinde devam edilir.

Why do hackers keep targeting the everyday user instead of just those high executives who actually run the company?

Doubt that was a hack, more than likely a leak from the lunatics that were fired from there. So many revengeful and hateful people worked at Twitter and you saw it when they got the boot.

How soon before the financial info of accounts shelling out $8/ month is compromised?

Circulate mine, I dont give a shit. Its used for spam anyways. Have fun with it.

experts say

To Hausa Language : A halin yanzu adiresoshin imel da ke da alaƙa da bayanan martaba sama da miliyan 200 na Twitter suna yawo a dandalin masu satar bayanai a ƙarƙashin ƙasa, in ji masana tsaro.

Governments mad Elon is exposing them

Big deal. Everyone else has my e-mail and phone number already it seems and the government does nothing to stop them

Thats ok. I recently switched emails. F gmail. It was full of spam/ads after using for over a decade.

hackers lol

tl;dr “…reports suggested the data was collected in 2021…” …before the bad spaceman owned it

CNN two years late on another story. Lol

Wait tell the musl haters realize how unsafe and unsecured farcebook is. They will say its better yet its far worse

Why is a 2021 hack news in 2023?

Thanks elonmusk Maybe this could've been prevented with a few more people on staff.

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