{"id":24256,"date":"2022-12-30T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24256"},"modified":"2022-12-30T08:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:14:14","slug":"twitter-in-data-protection-probe-after-400-million-user-details-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/12\/30\/twitter-in-data-protection-probe-after-400-million-user-details-up-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter in data-protection probe after ‘400 million’ user details up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The hacker, “Ryushi”, is demanding $200,000 (\u00a3166,000) to hand over the data – reported to include that of some celebrities – and delete it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says it “will examine Twitter’s compliance with data-protection law in relation to that security issue”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Twitter has not commented on the claim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The data is said to include phone numbers and emails, including those belonging to celebrities and politicians, but the purported size of the haul is not confirmed. Only a small “sample” has so far been made public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Guardian reported<\/a>\u00a0that data of US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was included in the sample of data published by the hacker. The data of broadcaster Piers Morgan, who recently had his Twitter account hacked, is also reported to be included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Twitter has so far not responded to press inquiries about the claimed breach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chief executive Elon Musk did not reply to a tweeted request for comment from leading cyber-security reporter Brian Krebs – though the breach, as Mr Krebs notes, probably occurred before the Tesla boss took over.<\/p>\n

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Hey @elonmusk<\/a>, since you don’t seem to have much a media\/comms team anymore, can you address the apparently legitimate claim that someone scraped & is now selling data on hundreds of millions of Twitter accounts? Maybe it didn’t happen on your watch, but you owe Twitter a reply.<\/p>\n

\u2014 briankrebs (@briankrebs) December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n