What you need to know. 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 A colossal 400gb trove containing data from 2.873 billion x (formerly twitter) users has surfaced on hacker forums.
Evidence of New Twitter Features Leaked By Security Researcher
A cyber sleuth has posted on a prominent cybercrime forum what they claim is the largest social media data breach ever, which allegedly leaked information linked to more than 2.8 billion accounts.
Combining the data with previously leaked emails potentially allows for deeper profiling of x users
X users affected by the previous twitter leak should stay alert for phishing attempts and consider updating their credentials if they haven’t done so since the 2023 breach. An alleged x data breach has leaked the email addresses of more than 200 million users Nathan stirk/getty images there's allegedly been a significant data breach at elon musk's x. In what may be the largest social media breach in history, a staggering 400gb of data containing information on 2.873 billion twitter (x) users was leaked in january 2025.
What happened in the x data breach
