An unknown hacker claims to have gained access to 400 million Twitter user accounts. According to him, none other than Elon Musk, the head of the company, should buy them. Portal reports security jobs.
Using the alias Ryushi on the dark web, the seller has opened “trial access” to 1000 Twitter accounts so a potential buyer can verify the authenticity of the leak. In the investigation, it is reported that you can find personal details of the accounts of Donald Trump Jr., cyber security expert Brian Krebs and other famous personalities.
Ryushi offers to sell the database along with all accounts to Twitter management, namely Elon Musk.
“Twitter or Elon Musk, if you’re reading this, you already risk a GDPR penalty. [общий регламент по защите персданных, действующий в ЕС — прим. ред.] For leaking 5.4 million accounts. Consider a penalty for 400 million leaked accounts. Your best bet is to avoid a $276 million fine for violating the GDPR, as Facebook (the owner of Meta was considered extremist and banned in Russia) (for leaking 533 million users), selling this data privately to take. said the hacker.
It was previously reported that EU to check Twitter for data leak 5.4 million users The alleged leak took place before Elon Musk took over Twitter, but that won’t absolve the billionaire from liability if information about the settlement is confirmed. If the EU government finds evidence of a leak, Twitter may be charged up to 4% of its annual turnover.
Elon Musk did not react in any way to the suggestion of the cybercriminal at the time of writing the news.