The affected user profiles of the public and private Twitter data include users’ email addresses, names, usernames, follower count, creation date, and phone numbers.
The threat actor known as Ryushi was spotted on the Breached hacking forum, a popular site where hackers patronize to sell user data stolen in data breaches. The hacker went ahead to publish sample data for 37 celebrities, politicians, journalists, corporations, and government agencies.
The reported data breach gained prominence at the end of July when the hacker later went ahead to put a $30,000 price tag for the leaked data (exact figure of affected accounts – 5,485,636).
