Twitter (200M)
What was exposed
Email addressesNamesSocial media profilesUsernames
What to do if you were affected
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In early 2023, over 200M records scraped from Twitter appeared on a popular hacking forum . The data was obtained sometime in 2021 by abusing an API that enabled email addresses to be resolved to Twitter profiles. The subsequent results were then composed into a corpus of data containing email addresses alongside public Twitter profile information including names, usernames and follower counts.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Twitter (200M) data breach?
In early 2023, over 200M records scraped from Twitter appeared on a popular hacking forum . The data was obtained sometime in 2021 by abusing an API that enabled email addresses to be resolved to Twitter profiles. The subsequent results were then composed...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around January 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 211,524,284 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Names, Social media profiles and Usernames.
What should I do if I was affected?
Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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