200 Million Twitter Users' Data Just Went Up for Sale on the Dark Web for $2. Here's What We Know.
during 2021. Per the, cybercriminals exploited an API vulnerability in Twitter’s platform to call up user information connected to hundreds of millions of user accounts. This bug created a bizarre “lookup” function, allowing any person to plug in a phone number or email to Twitter’s systems, which would then verify whether the credential was connected to an active account. The bug would also reveal which specific account was tied to the credential in question.
It’s unclear exactly when cybercriminals discovered this bug and began exploiting it but what we do know is that, by the time the platform caught on, the hackers had already stolen data from a shitload of people. That said, the total amount of information inside the “Breached” haul that is authentic is unknown. Analysts and journalists have tested portions of the data and found it to involve real accounts.We don’t know.
that the information could be used for account takeover attempts, as well as phishing and harassment of affected users.As far as we can tell, Twitter has done almost nothing about the most recent iteration of this data breach. After acknowledging the API bug last summer, the company hasn’t offered many updates, nor has it commented on the recent listing of user data for sale.on Thursday for comment about the “Breached” incident but did not hear back. Twitter
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