Twitter security headaches mount with data leak of over 230 mn users

An anonymous user on a hacker forum has published a massive database that they claim contains basic information on more than 230 million Twitter users, such as email addresses and screen names.
 

The database, which was posted on Wednesday, contains the names and email addresses of politicians, journalists and bankers, among others. The data was siphoned out because of a flaw in Twitter’s software, experts say, which has since been fixed.

As of July, Twitter had 237.8 million daily active users, according to company data. 

Experts believe the database dates to 2021 or so, before Elon Musk took ownership of