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Massive X data leak affects over 200 million users. (www.techzine.eu)
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A self-proclaimed data enthusiast calling themselves ‘ThinkingOne’ has made a huge database containing 201 million pieces of user data from X freely available. The data is said to have come from two previous leaks and includes email addresses, locations and profile data of users of the social media platform.

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[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 days ago

If it had happened now, that figure might be accurate. However, this was originally exploited in 2022, so it's probably pretty bad.

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