Lets take a look at the background of the Twitter breach.
When WasThe HackFirstDiscovered?
On January 6, 2022, Twitter acknowledged the issue and fixed it on January 13, 2022.
Back then, it did not say anything about anyone exploiting the vulnerability.
The company even rewarded zhirinovskiy with a bounty of $5,040 for discovering the bug.
When Was The Data Leaked?
What Did theLeaked Data Consist?
The database contained information about several accounts, including celebrities, companies, and random users.
Twitter Acknowledges The Hack
On August 5, Twitter acknowledged the data breach and said it was unfortunate.
In other words, anyone can now view private information for free.
Subsequently, he posted a redacted sample of this huge data breach onMastodon.
I have contacted a sample of the affected accounts and they confirmed that the breached data is accurate.
This breach occurred no earlier than 2021, Loder shared on Twitter.
Apparently, the original data sold in August did not contain any of these phone numbers.
Twitter has yet to provide a statement on the additional data dump of private information.
How Can Twitter Users Protect Themselves Against The Hack?
Source:Bleeping Computer
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