The breach, allegedly dated january 2025, is now being deemed one of the largest data leaks in social media history For now, there is no evidence that any x systems were compromised Breach origin and allegations the leak first came to light on march 28, 2025, when a data leak forum user, “thinkingone,” published detailed information about.
200 Million Twitter Accounts Compromised in Massive 9.4GB Data Leak
More than 200 million claimed leaked and stolen data records relating to x users have been posted on a popular hacker forum
What you need to know.
What happened in the x data breach In march 2025, reports surfaced regarding a large dataset containing x (formerly twitter) user information that had become available on various online hacking forums and dark web marketplaces While initial descriptions highlighted a Data collection sale was started on 4th december 2023 containing more than 200 million twitter profiles
The breached data was released as a 59 gb rar archive The vulnerable api was compromised by the scrapers using earlier data collections Twitter users should be aware of targeted phishing scam campaigns. X hit with massive data breach with 200 million records leaked, including emails
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However, hackers claim to have leaked data on almost 2.9 billion users The discrepancy could be explained by bot accounts, deleted profiles, and other accounts not tied to individual users
