{"id":535476,"date":"2023-01-05T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-data-breach-hacker-put-200m-users-private-information-up-for-grabs\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T07:54:29","slug":"twitter-data-breach-hacker-put-200m-users-private-information-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-data-breach-hacker-put-200m-users-private-information-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"# Twitter data breach: Hacker put 200M users&#8217; private information up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e740259559\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e740259559\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-data-breach-hacker-put-200m-users-private-information-up-for-grabs\/#%E2%80%9D_Twitter_data_breach_Hacker_put_200M_users_private_information_up_for_grabs_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Twitter data breach: Hacker put 200M users&#8217; private information up for grabs  &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Twitter_data_breach_Hacker_put_200M_users_private_information_up_for_grabs_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Twitter data breach: Hacker put 200M users&#8217; private information up for grabs  &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDEvMWE1YThlNGItOWQ5Zi00ODNhLWJkMGUtYzY0MTdhYzVhYWIyLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-6ed77c39>200 million <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users\u2019 private information, including their email addresses, was put for sale after a breach exposed 400M users\u2019 private information in the last week of December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The hacker behind the December breach has earlier demanded $200,000 from Twitter in a bid to return the stolen data and warned if the demand is not fulfilled, the data will be released for free. The latest set of data <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/breached.vc\/Thread-Twitter-200M-Scrape-Leak-fixed-in-csv\">posted <\/a>on the hacker forum has been traced back to the same breach from December 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I went to change my email address and Twitter isn&#8217;t working. This hack puts activists and whistleblowers in danger. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5SrSejgvO6\">https:\/\/t.co\/5SrSejgvO6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Linkletter (@Linkletter) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Linkletter\/status\/1610848320997724161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Researchers at Privacy Affairs <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyaffairs.com\/200-million-twitter-data-leak\/\">confirmed <\/a>that the leaked data set on the hacker forum is the same from December. The 200 million number, in this case, resulted from the removal of duplicates. The released data set doesn\u2019t contain phone numbers. The researchers warned that these data sets could be used to initiate social engineering or &#8220;doxing&#8221; campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>The data set was originally 63GB, but after removing duplicates and compressing the files, the size of the latest data set was reduced to 4GB and free to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hacker also noted that the analysis of original file dates and account creation dates \u201cstrongly suggest&#8221; that this was collected from early November 2021 through December 14, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>LastPass data breach led to $53K in Bitcoin stolen, lawsuit alleges<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many users on Twitter demanded that the social media platform looks into security as these hacks put activists and whistleblowers in danger. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I went to change my email address and Twitter isn&#8217;t working. This hack puts activists and whistleblowers in danger. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5SrSejgvO6\">https:\/\/t.co\/5SrSejgvO6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Linkletter (@Linkletter) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Linkletter\/status\/1610848320997724161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the popular and known names and entities include Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump Jr., SpaceX, CBS Media, the NBA, and the WHO. The data breach vulnerability has been patched now, but tracing back to the hack, it seems the same vulnerability was used for another exploit in July 2022.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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