Hackers sold the data of 235 million Twitter users

Recent developments regarding Twitter have not ceased. In the process that started with Tesla CEO Elon Musk's acquisition, Twitter this time took its place on the agenda with a data breach. The hackers, who allegedly made an offer to Elon Musk, took action a week after they could not get a response. Hackers sold the data of 235 million Twitter accounts for $2. It also opened 1,000 Twitter accounts on the Dark Web for trial access to confirm the authenticity of the data.

Recently, hacking and fraud incidents have started to increase considerably. According to the news of The Washington Post; Among the data available for sale are users' records and email addresses, a hacker forum claimed for about two dollars. Analysis by Cybernews revealed that the stolen data has a size of about 63 GB. In this stolen data, there is a lot of information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

Hackers demanded Musk buy this data. The failure of Elon Musk to make any response angered the hackers. Data from 235 million Twitter accounts is now circulating on the Dark Web.