It did not confirm a report that data on 5.4 million users was offered for sale online as a result but said users worldwide were affected.
Twitter said it did not know how many users may have been affected, and stressed that no passwords were exposed. A security researcher discovered the flaw in January, informed Twitter and was paid a reported US$5,000 bounty. Twitter said the bug, introduced in a June 2021 software update, was immediately fixed.
Twitter actually allows alias accounts. Nothing wrong with that ffs! I'm one! Who cares! At least I'm not a fucking stupid bot! 🙂
Canada USA Twitter breach exposes anonymous account owners. Heck, now my true identity is known to all. 😏