While Twitter continues investigating the December data breach that impacted over 400 million users, The Cyber Express team came across a new Twitter database leak with 235,000,000 unique records available on dark web forums.
Hudson Rock, a cybercrime database provider and a popular user on cybersecurity forums, shared the list of new Twitter database leaks with new and unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses.
Twitter database leaks for free with 235,000,000 records.
The database contains 235,000,000 unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses and will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing.
This is one of the most significant leaks ever. pic.twitter.com/kxRY605qMZ
— Hudson Rock (@RockHudsonRock) January 4, 2023
The dark cloud continues to hover over Twitter
Twitter has always been a prime target for hackers. The 2020 bitcoin scam, where the official accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates, among other verified individuals, were hacked to ask users on the microblogging platform to send cryptocurrencies to a specific address, was just one instance among many that highlighted the gravity of the situation.
The Twitter hacking spree has continued in 2023. Almost every 24 hours, we receive insights about a new hack.
According to OutKick, a sports and media publication, Aaron Rodgers, an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, also faced a small instance of hacking where his account was accessed on Tuesday, which resulted in a series of promotional crypto tweets.
Why Twitter data leaks is a big deal
As of 2022, Twitter has over 450 million monthly active users, up from 396 million in 2010. Since 2018, the social media platform’s audience has grown by more than 40%. With such a wide range of audiences, the hacker would use a compromised account to spread false information and chaos.
Moreover, these regular data leaks could be detrimental and take years to recondition because the stolen records can be used to spread misinformation, steal sensitive information, or harass and bully others.
Hackers may use stolen Twitter accounts to impersonate the account owner and spread false or malicious content, which can cause harm to the account owner’s reputation or lead to other negative consequences.
In some extreme cases, hackers, or those associated with them, may also use Twitter to gain access to the account owner’s personal or financial information, which can be used for identity theft or other nefarious purposes.
