MILLIONS of Twitter accounts were potentially affected in a data breach across Europe and the United States last year, and the whistleblower who flagged it has since been silenced on the platform.
Last week, cybersecurity expert Chad Loder drew attention to the breach on Twitter, however only hours later their account was suspended.
On November 23, Loder revealed they received evidence of the “massive breach” that occurred “no earlier than 2021.
“This Twitter data breach has not been reported before,” Loder wrote in a Twitter thread captured by WayBack TimeMachine.
Loder detailed that any Twitter account that has the discoverability setting which allows others to find your account “by your phone” activated were affected by the breach.
“All accounts for the entire country code of France (+33) are listed in the dataset with their mobile numbers,” Loder said, revealing that the breached data set also includes verified accounts, celebrities, politicians and government agencies.
“From what I have confirmed, the breached Twitter data covers, at a minimum, the full phone number spaces for multiple country codes in the EU, and some area code in the US.”
According to Info-Security Magazine, the breached data included Twitter IDs, names, logins, locations, verified status information, phone numbers and emails.
To see if your account has this setting enabled, go to your Twitter account and open Settings & Privacy.
From there click on the menu item “Privacy and safety.”
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