Twitter breach exposed anonymous account owners

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A vulnerability in Twitter's software that exposed an undetermined number of owners of anonymous accounts to potential identity compromise last year was apparently exploited by a malicious actor, the social media company said Friday.

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.

 

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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. 😏

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