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Hacker claims to steal personal data of 400 million Twitter users

By Grant Gross
Published December 30, 2022 8:00am ET
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Hacker claims to steal personal data of 400 million Twitter users
A hacker has claimed to have stolen the personal data of 400 million Twitter users, giving the social media platform even more headaches after its rocky takeover by Elon Musk. The hacker has offered to sell the data back to Twitter to help it avoid a huge fine from European authorities. “Your best option to […]


A hacker has claimed to have stolen the personal data of 400 million Twitter users, giving the social media platform even more headaches after its rocky takeover by Elon Musk.

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