Flash: Twitter Data Leak

Twitter Data Leak

Product Serial: F-2023-01-05a

TLP:CLEAR

In this flash report, ZeroFox Intelligence shares details on the Twitter data leak.

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Key Findings

• A threat actor has shared what they claim is Twitter data of 200 million users in a hacker forum.
• The leaked data includes names, email addresses, and usernames and is completely publicly available.
• The leaked data is likely a result of a Twitter API vulnerability that was previously patched.
• At this time, security researchers have not independently verified how much of this data, if any, is reused from previously-leaked Twitter data.
• The presence of the email account data in the leak increases the likelihood of phishing, impersonation, and other social engineering attacks.