TWITTER RECORDS SHARED FOR FREE ON A HACKER FORUM
Twitter has confirmed over 5.4 million user records – containing non-public information – that had been stolen in January 2022 and then fixed have since been shared for free on a hacker forum . Joseph Carson , Chief Security Scientist at Delinea , points out that “ this particular attack has just been acknowledged by Twitter ”.
“ The public disclosure of Twitter users ’ phone numbers enables an attacker to attempt to bypass 2FA or MFA , if enabled .
“ Mobile phone numbers are just one step in the attack path to targeting users through MFA fatigue , but attackers may take the easy path and sell the data on to scammers to make themselves a bit of money .” cybermagazine . com 9