In a 'small sample,' the hackers shared partial personal information of famous people, including TV personality Piers Morgan.
A private Israeli cybercrime company has warned of the "credible threat" of online criminals allegedly attempting to sell the privacy information of 400 million Twitter users, including well-known figures from around the world.
The unconfirmed breach claimed to have shared partial credentials of the personalities in a "small sample" that"Twitter or Elon Musk if you are reading this you are already risking a GDPR fine over 5.4m breach imaging the fine of 400m users breach," wrote the alleged hacker. The alleged hacker claimed the data was "completely private" and what was shared "doesn't represent even 1% of data" of verified Twitter users.It was "likely not a coincidence," according to the cybersecurity company, that media star Piers Morgan, who also appeared in data samples made public by the hacker, had his Twitter account compromised.
Morrison's phone number was not listed, and the only reference of the attack involved his official email address, which is available to the public. This may have limited the damage that could have been done.acknowledged in August that a flaw in its API systems discovered in January 2022 had made it possible for users to determine which, if any, Twitter accounts were linked to a phone number or email address.
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