Twitter (X) Hit by Data Leak of 2.8 Billion Users; Allegedly an Insider Job

https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/

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Whoopsie

Phew, lucky they’re not looking to be a bank or something.

Before Musk, Twitter nagged me for over a year to add my phone number. I had to carefully navigate their dark patterns, but was ultimately successful and they stopped asking for it. I noticed a significant decline in engagement, then, but it turns out to have been the right decision.

Public data leaked? Seriously? No email addresses, no passwords? Doesn't sound big news worthy.

How many users are on X?

Yeah 2.8 billion seems a bit of a stretch…