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Confirmed breach

Twitter (200M) data breach

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A breach of Twitter (200M) was added to Have I Been Pwned’s breach database on 5 January 2023. It affected 211,524,284 accounts. Exposed: Email addresses, Names, Usernames and Social media profiles. The breach began on 1 January 2021, 734 days before it was reported.

Status

Confirmed breach

People affected

211,524,284 accounts

Reported

5 January 2023

Breach began

1 January 2021

Time to tell

734 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

• Email addresses
• Names
• Usernames
• Social media profiles

Sources

• Breach database · 5 January 2023 · 211,524,284 accountsHave I Been Pwned

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Earlier breaches at Twitter (200M)

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1. 13 August 2022 Have I Been Pwned · 6,682,453 accounts · began 1 January 2022 · bios, email addresses, geographic locations, names

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