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Twitter (200M)

Twitter-Scraped Data Breach (2020)

Twitter (200M)

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#70 largest data breach on record

Disclosed

January 1, 2021

1911 days ago

Records

208.9M

Confirmed

Root Cause

API Vulnerability

Industry

Social Media

Description

The "Twitter Email Addresses Leak" involves a data leak of over 200 million Twitter user profiles around 2021. The leak includes email addresses, names, screen names, follower counts, and account creation dates. The data was obtained through a Twitter API vulnerability that allowed the input of email addresses and phone numbers to confirm their association with Twitter IDs.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

Phone NumbersGeographic locationsNamesUsernamesEmail addressesProfile photos