Hackers obtained the email addresses of more than 235 million #Twitter users and published them on an internet forum, according to a cybersecurity expert.
The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn.
On his LinkedIn page, Gal — who called the breach “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen” — posted screenshots of the hacked email addresses that he found on the dark web.
“This database is going to be used by hackers, political hacktivists and of course governments to harm our privacy even further,” Gal told The Washington Post.
