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Twitter data leak exposes over 5.4 million accounts

Well, heyo friends.

Hope you had a good weekend. Twitter seems to be in the news a lot lately, and the latest headlines are about... stolen data leaked online.

Let's talk about it.

What happened?

Here's your quick rundown of what happened:

Earlier this year, private user data for 5.4 million Twitter users was stolen due to an API vulnerability.
Now, all of those accounts have been exposed on a hacker forum—for free.
The data consists of scraped public information as well as private phone numbers and email addresses that are not meant to be public.

Why does it matter?

Here's why I think this matters to IT.

The most significant threat emerging from this breach, according to experts, is social engineering.
Armed with names and addresses harvested from this breach, cybercriminals could easily target users with phishing, vishing, and smishing scams.
While not foolproof, it's good to remind employees to activate two-factor authentication on their personal accounts.

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