Massive Twitter data breach was far worse than reported

[CloudWatcher]

https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/25/massive-twitter-data-breach/

A massive Twitter data breach last year, exposing more than five million phone numbers and email addresses, was worse than initially reported. We’ve been shown evidence that the same security vulnerability was exploited by multiple bad actors, and the hacked data has been offered for sale on the dark web by several sources.

It had previously been thought that only one hacker gained access to the data, and Twitter’s belated admission reinforced this impression …
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There were suggestions on Twitter yesterday that the same personal data had been accessed by multiple bad actors, not just one. 9to5Mac has now seen evidence that this is indeed the case. We were shown a dataset which contained the same information in a different format, with a security researcher stating that it was “definitely a different threat actor.” The source told us that this was just one of a number of files they have seen.

[AllyCat]

1. Of course. So glad I deleted it but it is likely too late

[CentralMass]

2. I read a recent article that said the deactivating your Twitter account may not be the safest bet.

Someone could in theory open an account with your deleted user name. I'm not quite sure of the risk and implication of that but ter trading it and a Post from MineralMan tge other day where he mentioned thaY he changed hi password to something unrememberable just to lock and forget it.
Today was the last day of the 30 I could save the account so I did the same. I have no intention of using it at all. I found it was quite easy over hje last month to not use it.