Twitter (X) Hit by 2.8 Billion Profile Data Leak in Alleged Insider Job

Geschrieben am 04-04-2025 - ⧖ 3 min

Note: Title edited to maintain clarity and accurately reflect the nature of the breach, emphasizing the leak of profile data rather than implying access to private information.

Massive Twitter (X) profile data leak exposes details of 2.8 billion users; alleged insider leak surfaces with no official response from the company.

A data leak involving a whopping 2.87 billion Twitter (X) users has surfaced on the infamous Breach Forums. According to a post by a user named ThinkingOne, the leak is the result of a disgruntled X employee who allegedly stole the data during a period of mass layoffs. If true, this would be the largest social media data leak in history, but surprisingly, neither X nor the broader public appears to be aware of it.

What We Know About the Leak

The original post by ThinkingOne states that the data, around 400GB worth, was likely exfiltrated during messy layoffs at X. The poster claims that they tried contacting X through multiple methods but received no response.

Frustrated with the lack of acknowledgment from X and the general public, they took matters into their own hands and decided to merge the newly leaked data with another infamous breach from January 2023..
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What’s Inside the Alleged 2025 Leak?

The 2025 leak, however, is a completely different beast. Unlike the 2023 leak, it doesn’t contain email addresses, but it does hold a goldmine of profile metadata, including:

  • Account creation dates.
  • User IDs and screen names.
  • Profile descriptions and URLs.
  • Location and time zone settings.
  • Display names (current and from 2021).
  • Followers count from both 2021 and 2025.
  • Tweet count and timestamps of the last tweet.
  • Friends count, listed count, and favorites count.
  • Source of the last tweet (such as TweetDeck or X Web App).
  • Status settings (like whether the profile is verified or protected).

[...] https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/

Also alles in allem ist nichts passiert. Gehen sie weiter, es gibt nichts zu sehen!!!11!

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Parallel dazu:

EU Seeking to Fine X $1 Billion for DSA Violations

This could end up prompting a significant escalation in already tense U.S. and EU relations.

As reported by The New York Times, the EU Commission is currently finalizing plans to issue Elon Musk’s X with a penalty in the range of $US1 billion for violations of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA).

As per NYT:
“European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans […] The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes, said the people, who declined to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation.”

[...] https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/eu-looks-to-fine-x-formerly-twitter-dsa-violations/744444/

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