Security News > 2023 > January > Twitter Denies Hacking Claims, Assures Leaked User Data Not from its System

Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found "No evidence" that users' data sold online was obtained by exploiting any security vulnerabilities in its systems.

"Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems," the company said in a statement.

"The data is likely a collection of data already publicly available online through different sources."

The disclosure comes in the wake of multiple reports that Twitter data belonging to millions of users - 5.4 million in November 2022, 400 million in December 2022, and 200 million last week - have been made available for sale on online criminal forums.

Ryushi, the threat actor who advertised the data dump on the Breached hacking forum in December 2022, claimed the information was compiled using the now-fixed vulnerability.

The Irish Data Protection Commission announced last month it is investigating the leak of data pertaining to 5.4 million Twitter users worldwide in November, which, according to Twitter, is "The same as those exposed in August 2022.".

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