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Breach occurred 2022-01-01Verifiedtwitter.com
What happened
In January 2022, a vulnerability in Twitter's platform allowed an attacker to build a database of the email addresses and phone numbers of millions of users of the social platform. In a disclosure notice later shared in August 2022, Twitter advised that the vulnerability was related to a bug introduced in June 2021 and that they are directly notifying impacted customers. The impacted data included either email address or phone number alongside other public information including the username, display name, bio, location and profile photo. The data included 6.7M unique email addresses across both active and suspended accounts, the latter appearing in a separate list of 1.4M addresses.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Twitter data breach occurred on January 1, 2022. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on August 13, 2022.
6,682,453 accounts were affected by the Twitter data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Twitter breach exposed the following data types: Bios, Email addresses, Geographic locations, Names, Phone numbers, Profile photos, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Twitter breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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