Alleged Twitter Hack leaves 400 Million Users’ Information Up for Sale

“Ryushi”, the hacker claiming responsibility for the latest alleged Twitter attack, is demanding $200,000 in exchange for the stolen data. Once payment is received, they would also delete their copy of the data. The compromised information is thought to include high-profile accounts, such as those of celebrities and politicians.

As of the writing of this post, Twitter has not made a comment on this matter.

Phone numbers and email addresses are said to be among some of the data stolen by Ryushi. More information will likely be revealed in the coming days, as only a small sampling of the data has been made public.

Two high-profile accounts that have been apparently compromised include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Piers Morgan, according to a report from The Guardian.

Leading cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs called out Elon Musk on Twitter, pressing the Chief Executive to address the Twitter breach. As of yet, there has been no reply.

This most recent breach is not suspected to be connected to a breach earlier in the year that was said to have affected 5.4 million user accounts.

Alon Gal, Chief Technology Officer at cybercrime intelligence company Hudson Rock, confirms the legitimacy of the attack in a quote where he states, “The hacker aims to sell the database through an escrow service that is offered on a cyber-crime forum. Typically this is only done for real offerings.”

Story via BBC