Bocor Twitter User Data? Check Out These Tips To Protect Your Account

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JAKARTA - On December 24, cyber crime intelligence firm Hudson Rock revealed that someone is suspected of selling personal databases containing contact information from 400 million Twitter user accounts.

"In the post, this threat actor claims the data was obtained in early 2022 due to vulnerabilities on Twitter, as well as trying to extort Elon Musk from buying data or facing GDPR lawsuits," Rock said.

Although Twitter has not verified its authenticity, it appears that the data shows an email address, name, username, linked phone number, account creation date, and user follower count.

What Can Criminals Do with That Information?

Launching Makeuseof, with the existing email address, the perpetrator can use it to facilitate social engineering and phishing spear attacks on you or your contacts.

While your phone number can be used to help them engineer SIM exchange attacks, give them access to your phone number, and also access to other linked accounts.

How to Protect Your Twitter Account?

If you use your email address for another account, it's a good idea to change it immediately on that account. Then, you should also decide the phone number link used for your Twitter account from any other account.

Next, you must use aka other alternative email or email to register for any account. The SMS or phone-based 2FA system has long been considered unsafe, so you should switch to the 2FA application that has been proven safe.