Last week, a hacker announced that he had the account information of 400 million Twitter users. He stated that if Elon Musk does not purchase this data, he will face the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and be fined. In the news that emerged today, the hacker released the data of 235 million Twitter accounts for free.
More than 235 million Twitter accounts can be posted
The hacker, who made an offer to Elon Musk and could not find a response, published the data of 235 million Twitter accounts free of charge, after a break of about a week. In fact, on the Dark Web, Ryushi user opened 1000 Twitter accounts for trial access to prove that the data is real.
The hacker, known by the username Ryushi, wants to provide proof for people who want to buy Twitter data in this way. Cybernews announced that the leaked data is 63 GB in size. Twitter accounts contain a lot of information, such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
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The data of 400 million Twitter accounts seized also includes names such as Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX official account, which is also the owner of the platform, former US President Donald Trump, singer Shawn Mendes, and Cara Delevingne.
The hacker, who seized the account information, warned Elon Musk to buy the stolen data or he would face the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and be penalized. Alon Gal, owner of the Israeli cybercrime intelligence firm, believes Twitter data was compromised thanks to an API vulnerability.
The pirate named Ryushi also shared the following statement on the subject:
“Twitter or Elon Musk, if you are reading this you are already risking a GDPR penalty of over 5.4 million violations, considering the source of violations of 400 million users. To avoid paying $276 million in GDPR violation penalties, as Facebook did, your best bet is to purchase this data privately.”
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