Twitter provided an update on its investigation launched after data of 200 Million users were offered for sale online. The company has found “no evidence” that the data were obtained by hacking into its systems.
Below are the key findings that emerged from the investigation:
The company pointed out that the huge trove of data is likely part of a publicly available dataset originating from different sources.
“Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems,” reads the update provided by the company. “The data is likely a collection of data already publicly available online through different sources.”
Alon Gal, Co-Founder & CTO at Hudson Rock, doesn’t agree with Twitter’s statement and confirmed the authenticity of the leak.
“Yesterday Twitter posted a statement on the recent 200,000,000 data breach. Having discussed it with other security professionals and conducting my own research around it, I believe that my previous assessment is still valid.” said Gal. “For example, the authenticity of the leak is evident in the lack of false positives between Twitter usernames and emails found in the database, opposite to cases of data enrichments.”
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