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Twitter data leak exposes over 5.4 million accounts
engadget ^
| November 28, 2022
| S. Dent
Posted on 11/28/2022 9:45:09 AM PST by BenLurkin
The owner of hacking forum called Breached told BleepingComputer that it was responsible for exploiting the weakness (originally obtained from another hacker called "Devil") and dumping the user records. It said that it also obtained 1.4 million Twitter profiles for suspended accounts, obtained via another API, but only shared those privately among a few individuals.
On top of all that, security expert Chad Loder has revealed that tens of millions more Twitter records may have been collected using the same API. Once again, data collected may include private phone numbers along with public information. Loder posted a redacted sample on Mastodon, as he was banned on Twitter several days ago for unknown reasons. It could contain over 17 million records, BleepingComputer was told.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bleepingcomputer; breached; chadloder; devil; elonmusk; engadget; mastodon; musk; sdent; truthsocial; twitter
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posted on
11/28/2022 9:45:09 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like Twitter sabotage to me.
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posted on
11/28/2022 9:49:11 AM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
( Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12) 4)
To: stars & stripes forever
Sounds like Twitter sabotage to me. deep state.
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posted on
11/28/2022 9:51:25 AM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: stars & stripes forever
Who cares? I can get more information about someone for 25 bucks a month. So you get a name and password. Change your password. End of story.
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posted on
11/28/2022 9:51:52 AM PST
by
cdnerds
(Vapingunderground)
To: BenLurkin
FBI will get right on top of that.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:09:16 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: cdnerds
Undoubtedly a back door left by a former employee. Let’s see if Elon gets to the bottom of this. If this is the case, Elon has no compunction in using available criminal and tort laws to potentially punish and “defund” the perp.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:12:40 AM PST
by
cport
(How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
To: BenLurkin
Chad Loder God banned on Twitter last week. Rumors are he is a pedophile.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:16:30 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: cport
I was reading The breach happened before Elon took over.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:17:39 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: dynoman
Doh! Just got back from reading the article, mea culpa. That being said, maybe this was another reason why Elon didn’t buy right of the bat. I wonder if he put in some language in the contract that shield him from liability?
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:21:32 AM PST
by
cport
(How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
To: stars & stripes forever
Yeah some Leftist employee about to go
10
posted on
11/28/2022 10:22:59 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: dynoman
Handwriting was probably on the wall
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:23:49 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: BenLurkin
And this is why you do not register with anyone who requires a phone number. Live without them...
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:27:05 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: dynoman
Doh! Just got back from reading the article (I know, there goes my Freep cred), mea culpa. Probably another reason for the delay in purchase by Musk. Wonder if he had some contact language resolving his liability in this matter, such as recouping dinner if the purchase price is sued for the days beach? Not a lawyer, so don’t know if that is even legally feasible.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:28:06 AM PST
by
cport
(How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
To: cport
Forget it, Jake, it’s Leftietown.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:29:31 AM PST
by
cmj328
(We live here.)
To: cport
And now for the double post, reestablishing my lost Freeper cred. Sheesh!
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:29:35 AM PST
by
cport
(How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
To: BenLurkin
So allowing for bots how many actual people is that?
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:33:01 AM PST
by
bigbob
(z)
To: cport
I was reading The breach happened before Elon took over.
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posted on
11/28/2022 10:41:06 AM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: BenLurkin; ShadowAce; dayglored; Swordmaker; bitt
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posted on
11/28/2022 11:09:25 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
This was a 2021 leak, leftist Antifa blogger Musk just banned tried to pretend it was recent.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2022 11:47:57 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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