#Twitter breach

[dduane]

WARNING: *major* Twitter data breach...

...Whoopee. See the full thread here for details.  (Also here.) Tl:dr; The data of some 400,000,000 Twitter users has been leaked and is being more or less held for ransom. (See the image above, in which Musk is invited to buy the data to take it out of possible circulation and thereby save himself huge GDPR fines.)

Granted, there are some imponderables about this—such as: does the breach-advertiser above really have all the data they say they do? But their published examples have apparently been verified as genuine. ...In any case, though, if you’re using SMS for your 2FA with Twitter, probably your best protection is to contact your phone provider and get them to create a PIN for your number, so as to prevent your phone being simjacked by someone who’s bought your data. (It’s not a bad idea to do this anyway, if you’re at risk from this kind of thing... but the current issue adds some urgency. I’ve been using it myself, and would have changed it recently except that, in the wake of the mass firings at Twitter, the app that handled their 2FA went down. Must confirm whether it’s back up again so that I can at the very least change my password, or move my 2FA to Google Authenticator or similar.)

Particularly at risk in this attack: old-style “blue check” users. ...So if by chance you’re one of these: please take note, and take action to protect yourself. No telling what’s going to wind up happening to this data in even the medium term.

(ETA: I note in passing—since  I was just going over to take a look at it—that paste.ee has removed one of the “example” files of leaked names as a violation of its TOS. Not really a surprise, I guess...)

[mudwerks]

(via Twitter in data-protection probe after '400 million' user details up for sale - BBC News)

well golly

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[mariathechosen1]

[mylittleredgirl]

okay tumblr’s exclusion from the twitter social media ban list is hilarious but genuinely we do not belong on there. if a real human person asks “where can i find you on social media” and your choice is a swift death or revealing your tumblr, most of us would simply expire. half of y’all change urls every week like you’re in witness protection. just imagine for one second attaching your wholeass government name to your latest two am clownposting and tell me that didn’t send a cold chill down your spine. the only place i ever want to see the words “connect with me on tumblr!” is on the ao3 profile of an author i’m actively stalking. anyone in the world can follow me except anyone i personally know. antisocial media.

[go-learn-esperanto]

I see so many people starting to use Threads as a way to escape Twitter and yes, it's owned by Facebook's CEO and giving Facebook the monopoly of social media is bad but I think we should also talk about the fact that, you know, Threads isn't avalibe in the EU for privacy reasons????? That should be concerning to EVERYONE

[mooneggtarts]

That one meme but it's Cass from RUIN and Grego from FNAFSB

I also practice and experimenting some coloring and stuff.. I love how this turned out

[cherchezlafemme]

[that-fox-thing]

There was a random picture of a weird pose going on twitter/X and someone said it was moon soooo

Midnight practice drawing

[kilala1148]

Oh boy, I sure do love my information being leaked.

[localgoaty]

No words, just this meme i saw on twitter and i wanted to draw the lesbians 😭💕

[lilttlefloffu]

Old drawings!

[pretzelworldpreview]

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[dasketcherz]

the apprentice's favorite playmate 🐰

@ggyweek2024 Day 02: Rivalry, Comfort - Cat-and-Mouse Game

[jerrythebug]

The movie outfits are so awful because Max('s intern) designed them himself

[strawbubbysugar]

I love .. the daycare attendants.. sm…