Twitter Data Breach Revealing User's Private Info

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200 million Twitter users' private information, including their email addresses, was put for sale after a breach exposed 400 million users' private information.

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Brush Stroke Previously, it was early reported that the hacker behind the breach had earlier demanded $200,000 from Twitter to return the stolen data.

Brush Stroke Additionally, the hackers are also reported to place users' private information for sale on the Dark Web for $2.

“The data was probably obtained from an API vulnerability."

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Twitter Data Breach Revealing User's Private Info

200 million Twitter users' private information, including their email addresses, was put for sale after a breach exposed 400 million users' private information.

“The data was probably obtained from an API vulnerability."

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