The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” wrote Alon Gal of cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock.
Hackers obtained the email addresses of more than 235 million Twitter users and published them on an internet forum, according to a cybersecurity expert.
On his LinkedIn page, Gal — who called the breach “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen” — posted screenshots of the hacked email addresses that he found on the dark web. Twitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on Dec. 24, nor responded to inquiries about the breach since that date.
Claims about the size and scope of the breach initially varied with early accounts in December saying 400 million email addresses and phone numbers were stolen.LinkedIn/Alon GalLinkedIn/Alon Gal
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