Hacker Sells Twitter Data Dump On Deep Web For 10 Bitcoin
Data breaches remain a lucrative business for Internet criminals, especially when they want to sell information for Bitcoin. A data dump containing over 33 million hacked Twitter accounts are now up for grabs in exchange for 10 Bitcoin. According to ZDNet, the hacker selling these Twitter details has been linked to the recent LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Myspace data breaches. But this time, the individual – or collective – went after a much bigger platform by targeting Twitter. As it turns out, platform users have had their passwords exposed somehow. Malware seems to be the most likely culprit,....
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