Pinwan News on August 8, according to IT Home, on July 22, Restore Privacy reported that Twitter was hacked due to a security breach, a total of The contact information of 5.4 million accounts was leaked, and the leaked 5.4 million accounts, including Twitter IDs and their associated phone numbers and email information, have been sold on a hacking forum for $30,000 (about 202,800 yuan).
Today, Twitter has officially confirmed that the attack has occurred and that the 0-day vulnerability has been patched .
According to Twitter officials, it was informed of the vulnerability through its bug bounty program HackerOne as early as January this year, and the vulnerability gradually emerged after an update to its code in June 2021. While the issue was resolved earlier this year, Twitter said it did not consider the possibility that the attackers already had the data.
It is understood that, according to previous reports, a total of Profiles of 5,485,636 Twitter accounts, including phone numbers, locations, URLs, profile pictures, and other data were stolen.
Twitter said it was notifying every affected user, but officials could not fully confirm which accounts were exposed due to the security breach. Additionally, while passwords were not part of the data breach, Twitter advised users to turn on two-factor authentication for their accounts.
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