Millions of Twitter user email addresses 'stolen' in data hack
Data alleged to contain the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users is being given away for free on a hacker forum, reports say.
The BBC has not verified the data, and breaches often turn out to contain duplicate, old or fake information.Alon Gal of cyber-crime information firm Hudson Rock, which spotted the leak, said it contained more than 200 million email addresses and was "significant". Doxxing is the act of publishing personal information about someone that can lead to their identification.
Some form users have expressed their interest in the data, with one saying: "Thanks for your service cannot wait for the chaos."the data and confirmed that the email addresses were correct for many of the listed Twitter profiles. It also found the data contained duplicates.
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