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Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 Jan 2022

Twitter

Domain: twitter.com

What happened

The Twitter API Vulnerability Data Breach in 2021 exposed over 5.4 million user records by exploiting a flaw that allowed attackers to input phone numbers and email addresses to retrieve associated Twitter IDs. The leaked data included both public and private information such as names, login names, locations, verified status, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Breach facts

Records exposed
5,308,134
Sensitive
No
Industry
Information Technology
Data exposed
UsernamesNamesEmail addressesPhone numbersGeographic locations

This page summarises publicly reported breach metadata for awareness. For account recovery or incident response, use the official guidance from the affected service.

Breach data provided by XposedOrNot.