209,595,651
Records Exposed
Jan 2021
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jan 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to post and interact with short messages known as "tweets. Twitter is widely used for real-time communication, sharing thoughts, news updates, and engaging in conversations with other users. In the initial months of 2023, more than 200 million records sourced from Twitter surfaced on a widely known hacking forum. This data had been acquired in 2021 through the misuse of an API that allowed the resolution of email addresses to corresponding Twitter profiles. The outcomes were then compiled into a dataset that included email addresses, as well as publicly available Twitter profile details such as names, usernames, and follower counts.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
No Passwords
Category
Social Media
Indexed On
Jan 14, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
Get Full Breach Details with LeakedSource Pro
Sign up for a LeakedSource Pro account to see exactly what data was exposed in this breach and get real-time notifications when your information appears in new breaches.
Sign Up for Pro- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
Were You Affected by This Breach?
Enter your email below to instantly check if your data was compromised in the Twitter 2023 (200 M) breach and 12,000+ other known breaches.
