400 Million Twitter Accounts Data Leaked and Offered for Sale
If you are a crypto enthusiast, you are active on Twitter. You usually get the latest updates and news on Twitter. The shocking news comes out. Hackers hacked 400 million Twitter accounts data and offered to sell the data, including users' email addresses and valid phone numbers.
A cybercrime intelligence company Hudson Rock confirmed this and claimed that hackers got access to the users’ data in early 2022. Using the vulnerability of social media applications, hackers get access to the data and can do whatever they want with leaded data.
Maybe you think your data on Twitter is safe. Hackers have many high-profile persons like celebrities and politicians’ sensitive data including Vitalik Buterin. That’s the biggest risk of using Web 2.0. You give information to create an account. Later, you are asked to provide your personal phone number to verify and get access to your account.
But your private personal data is out there in the market for sale. If the hackers sell your personal data, you can be a victim of an attack. Your sensitive personal data will be used against you. It will invade your privacy and be a big reason to lose financially. Hackers can use this to initiate phishing attacks, doxing, crypto scams, and sim swapping.
Hackers have a buyer database that they use to make their offer to sell Twitter accounts' leaked data. And they demand $276 million if Twitter CEO Elon Musk wants to avoid the sale of users’ personal data. Data breaches and cyber-attacks happen in front of our eyes. You cannot close your eyes and say nothing happens and everything is fine.
Do you think popular social media on Web 2.0 is really concerned about users’ privacy and safety? How does it happen over and over? They are more concerned about their profit than your privacy and security. Your data in centralized platforms on Web 2.0 is not safe and secure. What information you give them today can be used against you in the future.
It is time to make your move on Web 3.0. You don’t need to provide data that you are not comfortable with. You can maintain your privacy. The most important thing is, the security and safety you can get on blockchain-based platforms, you cannot expect that from Web 2.0 platforms. No matter what they say, they cannot deliver that level of security and safety.
So what do you think? Please feel free to leave your comments. Thank you for reading this post. That's it for now. I'll be back with another post.
Reference: 1
If you put 2FA to your Google Account then Twitter could login when Gmail is opened it will be harder task but with login and password a keylogger does the trick.