Zeljka Zorz - June 9, 2016
Leaked Source has added 32,888,300 records of Twitter users to its repository of leaked data. The source of the batch is a user who goes by the alias “Tessa88@exploit.im,” who’s been selling the data on a dark web marketplace for 10 bitcoins (around $5,800).
The records contain combinations of email address, a username, sometimes a second email and a visible, plaintext password.
The Leaked Source team believe that the data legitimately belongs to Twitter users, but say that they do not believe it was stolen from Twitter’s own databases. Instead, they think the batch was compiled by using data stolen by malware.
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Given how well used Twitter is this is not good news at all. It may be only a small percentage of the total number of Twitterers but any 'leak' is bound to shake confidence.
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It's doubtful that all of them are usable against active Twitter accounts.
by Dan Goodin - Jun 9, 2016The jury is still out, but at this early stage, there's good reason to doubt the legitimacy of claims that more than 32 million Twitter passwords are circulating online.
The purported dump went live on Wednesday night on LeakedSource, a site that bills itself as a breach notification service. The post claimed that the 32.88 million Twitter credentials contain plaintext passwords and that of the 15 records LeakedSource members checked, all 15 were found to be valid. Twitter Trust and Info Security Officer Michael Coates has said his team investigated the list, and he remains "confident that our systems have not been breached."
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There seems to be a lot of this 'something has happened'/'don't be so sure' type of journalism happening at present and I think that the old adage 'no smoke without fire' holds true here...something has happened and some one is trying to cover it up
/obfuscate the truth for commercial reasons. :@
/obfuscate the truth for commercial reasons. :@
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