Twitter hack 'exposed email addresses of 200 million users’, claims researcher
Hackers have stolen the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher says. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing”, Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen”. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Twitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on December 24, nor responded to inquiries about the breach since that date. It was not clear what action, if any, Twitter has taken to investigate or remediate the issue. Twitter is yet to comment on reports hackers have stolen and posted users' email addresses online. Credit: AP Reuters could not independently verify the data on the forum was authentic and came from Twitter. Screenshots of the hacker forum, where the data appeared ...