Hackers reportedly leak email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users

Hackers reportedly leak email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users

Information posted on a hacking forum in ‘one of the most significant’ breaches of users’ email addresses and phone numbers

Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday.

The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing”, Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen”.

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