Twitter_2022.7z
Verified status, location, account creation date, and follower/following counts. Visuals: URLs for profile images. Impact and Versions
Later iterations (often titled similarly) appeared in early 2023, claiming to contain over 200 million unique records, which researchers believe was a "cleaned up" version of earlier, larger datasets. Security Risks Twitter Data Breaches | Panorays
A compressed archive in .7z format, typically created using 7-Zip for high compression and AES-256 encryption . Twitter_2022.7z
"Scraping" rather than a traditional server breach. Attackers submitted lists of emails/phone numbers to the API to see which accounts they belonged to. Feature Breakdown: Contents of the Archive
Non-public email addresses or phone numbers used to register the account. Security Risks Twitter Data Breaches | Panorays A
The first major dump, leaked for free in November 2022, contained roughly 5.48 million user records.
Twitter IDs, screen names (handles), display names, and profile bios. Feature Breakdown: Contents of the Archive Non-public email
A zero-day vulnerability in Twitter's API, introduced in June 2021 and patched in January 2022.
Verified status, location, account creation date, and follower/following counts. Visuals: URLs for profile images. Impact and Versions
Later iterations (often titled similarly) appeared in early 2023, claiming to contain over 200 million unique records, which researchers believe was a "cleaned up" version of earlier, larger datasets. Security Risks Twitter Data Breaches | Panorays
A compressed archive in .7z format, typically created using 7-Zip for high compression and AES-256 encryption .
"Scraping" rather than a traditional server breach. Attackers submitted lists of emails/phone numbers to the API to see which accounts they belonged to. Feature Breakdown: Contents of the Archive
Non-public email addresses or phone numbers used to register the account.
The first major dump, leaked for free in November 2022, contained roughly 5.48 million user records.
Twitter IDs, screen names (handles), display names, and profile bios.
A zero-day vulnerability in Twitter's API, introduced in June 2021 and patched in January 2022.