Hackers have stolen and sold the data of more than 200 million people. This hack is one of the biggest in the history of social networks.
The email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users have been stolen and put up for sale on an online hacker forum. On Thursday, January 5, Reuters reports.
“A data breach is likely to lead to a lot of hacks and spear-phishing,” said Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity monitoring firm Hudson Rock. He called this hack one of the biggest leaks in the history of social networks.
It was noted that the hack itself could happen in 2021, that is, before Elon Musk became the owner of the company last year. But the stolen database was put up for sale just now.
A serious breach of Twitter’s security system could interest regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. The Irish Data Protection Commission, where Twitter is headquartered in Europe, and the US Federal Trade Commission ensure that the company owned by Elon Musk complies with European data protection regulations and the US consent order, according to respectively.
It can be remembered that the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, was summoned to the European Parliament to give an explanation about the policy of his social network.
It was previously reported that Elon Musk should step down as the head of the recently acquired social network Twitter.
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