User Data Allegedly From X Released on the Breach Forums

• User data allegedly stolen from the social media platform X surface on the Breach Forums. 
• The dark web vendor released samples of data as proof of their claim.  
• Screen name, date of account creation and the number of followers of users exposed on the dark web.

A dark web vendor released samples of data allegedly stolen from the social media platform X formerly Twitter. Not much is known about the source of the data or the hacker who breached X. 

The vendor shared samples of data as proof of the hacking.

Researchers from Daily Dark Web, a threat intelligence platform shared screenshots of the X data leak. The sample included the following user data type:

1. Screen name of users.
2. Number of followers they have.
3. Date of account creation.
4. Time of their account creation.

It is not clear if the information is from a recent cyber attack or from a previous incident the company likely suffered. 

In a previous incident, Hudson Rock, an infostealer data intelligence company tweeted about information stolen from X. The data from this breach was made available to dark web users for free, likely because the social media giant did not respond to their ransom demands. 

Similar to the recent X data leak, this incident that was reported in 2023 involved samples with the name, username, followers, and date of account creation among other details. The post also reflected email addresses of twitter users in plain text.  

Hudson Rock shared screenshots of the breach forums post titled, “Twitter - DB/ Scrape Leak 200+Mill Lines,” suggesting the database included 200 million user records.