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Twitter data breachTwitter user data has been leaked again. According to the report, the personal data of about 5.4 million (54 lakh) Twitter users is available for sale. According to a report by Restore Privacy, the hacking of user data happened in 2022 this year. This data breach is due to the same bug, for which Twitter donated $5,040 (Rs 4.02,386) to a hacker named zhirinovskiy under the bug bounty scheme. .
This Twitter bug popped up in January
This Twitter bug, which surfaced in January, has leaked phone numbers, emails, IDs, names and addresses of users. This data breach is due to a bug in Twitter’s Android user authorization process. This process checks to see if another account has been created with the same number or name or email ID.
Hacker took advantage of the bug
When this bug was not fixed, a hacker took advantage of this flaw and millions of users’ data was made available for sale. The hacker put the data up for sale on the hacker forum. Specify here that user passwords will not be included in this data breach.
Cyber attack on Cleartrip
A few days ago there was a major cyber attack on Cleartrip, a company owned by Flipkart. After this attack, Cleartrip user data was sold on the dark web. Cleartrip itself emailed customers about this data breach, in which Cleartrip stated: “You have been informed that there has been a security breach and that hackers have gained access to Cleartrip’s internal systems. .” Furthermore, the company said in the email that only user profile information was leaked in this data breach.
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