Twitter: No evidence that data was compromised and sold online

On Wednesday, Twitter Inc. claimed there was no proof that data recently sold online was obtained by abusing vulnerability in the organization's systems. It reported that a bug was discovered last year, which had compromised the accounts of its 5.4 million users, which was corrected and revealed by the company during the summer season.

Twitter: No leaked data sold online

Twitter further informed that 600 million user data points could not be linked to either the previously disclosed event or any new incidents.

It was also conveyed by Twitter that there is no proof that the information being sold online was obtained by exploiting the vulnerability of Twitter system. The information is probably a compilation of information that is already freely accessible online from many sources.

After learning about a system vulnerability through a bug bounty programme months earlier, the social media giant informed users that it was possible to access users' Twitter accounts by submitting their email address or phone number in August last year.

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According to media sources from December, the same weakness revealed in January 2022 had allowed someone to access over 400 million user emails and phone numbers affiliated with Twitter.

More than 200 million Twitter users' email addresses were allegedly stolen by hackers and shared on an internet hacking forum, according to a security researcher.

No clues to the identity or location of hackers

However the identity or location of the hacker or hackers responsible for the intrusion has not been found. It might have had happened even Elon Musk acquired control of Twitter in 2021.

There was widespread interpretation on the size and scope of the data breach and it was speculated that 400 million email and phone numbers were stolen.

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