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Twitter (200M)

Twitter Data Breach (2021)

Twitter (200M)

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Disclosed

January 1, 2022

1546 days ago

Records

5.3M

Confirmed

Root Cause

API Vulnerability

Industry

Social Media

Description

The Twitter API Vulnerability Data Breach in 2021 exposed over 5.4 million user records by exploiting a flaw that allowed attackers to input phone numbers and email addresses to retrieve associated Twitter IDs. The leaked data included both public and private information such as names, login names, locations, verified status, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

Phone NumbersGeographic locationsNamesUsernamesEmail addresses