More than 200 million Twitter users’ email addresses leaked by hackers

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Another day, another Twitter breach.

, the credentials were compiled from a number of earlier Twitter breaches dating back to 2021. Although the database does not include users’ passwords, it nevertheless represents a security threat to those affected.

“This is one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, said in a post describing the hackEstimates of the exact number of users affected by the breach vary, in part because of the tendency for such large-scale data dumps to include duplicate records.

 

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This leak is just the merged version of the 400 million leak earlier this month

Isn’t e-mail public info anyways? What’s the big deal here?

I wonder if Elon should ban himself for Doxing all of Twitter.

.elonmusk !!!!!

LSAwesome

I think it's more interesting how after Elon started purge the bots, all of your tweets get way less likes 😂🤡

🤣

Convenient headline 😏 The breach was in 2021. Pre-Elon

elonmusk playing with Twitter and compromising everyone's security

Good job elonmusk in charge of software and servers it will be down to you

Reportedly the hack happened in 2021 before Mr. Musk took over Twitter. Hacking continues everywhere. There are no reports of individuals or groups being arrested and jailed.

Hi elonmusk

Hmmm 🤔 ex employees? Fed up as lost their dunkin donut 🍩 allowance ?

Atleast Tesla is doing good oh wait👀

And they called me stupid for not linking an email

KnackishTweeter Jesus Christ.

Thanks elonmusk 🙄

What the heck

You guys taking hits at Elon like there is no tomorrow.

Which email 💀 I be changing it every 2 seconds 😭

By poor twitter security. The hackers just took advantage.

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