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Twitter Scraping Breach: 209 Million Accounts Leaked on Hacker Forum
The data was collected through web scraping techniques however some sites are reporting it as a "Twitter data breach," or " Twitter being hacked."
January 6, 2023
400 Million Twitter Users’ Scraped Info Goes on Sale!
The threat actor claims that Twitter data was "scraped via a vulnerability."
December 28, 2022
Instagram Rolls Out dedicated Page To Help Users Regain Hacked Accounts
Instagram has launched new account support for users who may have lost access to their accounts.
December 20, 2022
Mastodon Account Suspended from Twitter Following Ban on Server Links
Elon Musk's Twitter is on a suspension spree.
December 16, 2022
SEC Charges 8 Social Media Influencers Over Securities Fraud
According to the SEC, the accused used Twitter and Discord to carry out a securities fraud scheme, garnering approximately $114 million from it.
December 15, 2022
Vivaldi Integrates Mastodon Into its Web Browser
From December 7th, 2022, their Mastodon instance, Vivaldi Social, will be integrated into the sidebar of the desktop browser, creating an inbuilt Mastodon client for users.
December 7, 2022
Schoolyard Bully Malware Stealing Facebook Credentials on Android
The campaign is ongoing, and so far, Schoolyard Bully Malware has victimized over 300,000 Facebook users on Android devices across 71 countries.
December 2, 2022
Meta Fined €265 million in Facebook Data Scraping Case in the EU
The incident led to the publication of data on Irish police, sitting judges, prison officers, social workers, journalists, and others, leading to a spike in scam calls and texts in Ireland.
November 28, 2022
Hacker Leaks 5.3M Twitter Accounts as Claims of Larger Breach Surface
A hacker has leaked 5.3 million Twitter account details on a cybercrime forum while another researcher, Chad Loder, claims there is another Twitter breach involving "perhaps over 100 million accounts."
November 28, 2022
Leaky Server Exposing Scraped Data of 150,000 Mastodon Users
At the time of writing, the server was actively being updated with more data!
November 18, 2022