International. The electronic security news portal Cyberpress reported the leak of a database belonging to the social network X, which would include around 200 million records.
According to Cyberpress, the breach "represents one of the largest exposures of user data in recent times," having been posted on a hacking forum, in a thread titled: "9.4GB Twitter Leaked Database—The Exposure of Over 200 Million Records Containing Email Addresses, Names, and Twitter Account Details." names and details of Twitter accounts).
"The breach exposes users to various threats, including phishing attacks, identity theft, and social engineering schemes. With the large amount of personal information available, malicious actors can exploit this data to compromise other accounts and systems linked to the affected email addresses," the news portal warned.
The Cyber Press team claimed that it has already verified the accuracy of the email addresses of several of the Twitter profiles listed, although it has not yet confirmed the full set of data.
"It is still unclear how the hackers managed to access the information, but the Cyber Press team has contacted Twitter to inform them of the data breach. Now we are waiting for a response," the portal said.
