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Usernames and email addresses belonging to more than 200 million Twitter users have been posted online by hackers.
According to reports from security researchers and media outlets including BleepingComputer, the credentials were compiled from a number of earlier Twitter breaches dating back to 2021. Although the database does not include users’ passwords, it nevertheless represents a security threat to those affected.
“This is one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, said in a post describing the hack on LinkedIn. “[It] will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing.”
Estimates of the exact number of users affected by the breach vary, in…
