Twitter-Scraped Data Breach (2020)
Twitter (200M)
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#70 largest data breach on record
Disclosed
January 1, 2021
1959 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