Summary
A leak allegedly involving 2.87 billion Twitter (X) user profiles has surfaced on Breach Forums, with claims it was stolen by a disgruntled employee during recent layoffs.
The leak, shared by known forum user “ThinkingOne,” includes detailed metadata like bios, follower counts, tweet history, and account activity—but not email addresses.
Despite its scale, X has issued no response. The incident raises major privacy concerns amid silence from the company and speculation over the data’s true origin.
Further examination of the leak showed that at 3% of those accounts were run by real people. 50% of those accounts had mail.ru email addresses.
/s but I’m guessing my numbers aren’t far off.