What Does Twitter 200 Million User Email Leak Actually Mean?

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A database posted online claims to reveal more than 200 million associated Twitter usernames and email addresses.

A weakness in a Twitter API allowed attackers to send contact information and receive the corresponding Twitter account.

Attackers used the vulnerability to “scrape” data from the social network before it was fixed.

The issue exposed the connection between Twitter accounts.

The vulnerability appeared to have been used by numerous actors to create various data sets while it was active.

The vast, recently discovered cache appears to simply include email addresses.

Twitter expressed concern in an email to users in August that their pseudonymous accounts might be connected to their real identities.

To keep your identity secret, don't add a publicly known phone number or email address to your Twitter account.

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