Records of 235 million Twitter accounts have been posted to an online hacking forum, setting the stage for anonymous handles to be linked to real-world identities. Researchers believe the hackers exploited a flaw in Twitter's internal verification system.
Records of 235 million Twitter accounts and the email addresses used to register them have been posted to an online hacking forum, setting the stage for anonymous handles to be linked to real-world identities.That poses threats of exposure, arrest or violence against people who used Twitter to criticize governments or powerful individuals, and it could open up others to extortion, security experts said.
In July, hackers were spotted selling a set of 5.4 million Twitter account handles and associated emails and phone numbers, which Twitter said was the first it learned that someone had taken advantage of the flaw. Those users at the least risk provided throwaway email addresses or ones not tied to them elsewhere. But even they could be subject to account takeover attempts, phishing or emailed threats.In its previous statement, Twitter said it fixed the flaw when it learned of it but did not say how long the process took. The report from January 2022 came during a chaotic month when the company fired both of its top security officers.
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