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Twitter (X)

25 Nov 2022 · National · Media & Entertainment
Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

Exploiting a previously patched January 2022 API vulnerability, malicious actors scraped public and private profile pairings. The leaked dataset linked public user profiles directly to private email addresses and telephone numbers, which was subsequently shared for free on hacker forums.

Incident details

Organisation
Twitter (X)
Date
25 Nov 2022
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Media & Entertainment
State
National
Records affected
5400000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

7news.com.au ↗
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