Twitter user data sold for $30k on dark selling forum

From cybersecurity-insiders.com

A Twitter user named ‘Devil’ has announced the sale of information related to over 5.4 million twitter users siphoned from the social media firm’s database in January this year. In one tweet, the hacker said that the data was stolen after exploiting a vulnerability on the company’s systems.

Microblogging website reacted to the news and released a press statement that it is busy investigating the incident and assured to release more details about the incident as soon as the investigation gets over.

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