Massive Data Breach Hits Elon Musk’s X Platform

A potentially massive data breach has reportedly compromised Elon Musk’s social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, raising significant privacy concerns for millions of users.

Cybersecurity researchers from SafetyDetectives discovered a troubling post over the weekend on BreachForums, a popular site frequented by hackers. A user known as “ThinkingOne” shared a large 34 GB CSV file containing data on more than 201 million accounts. The leaked information includes metadata and private email addresses that are usually kept confidential. 

SafetyDetectives verified a sample of the data, confirming that the exposed email addresses were authentic and active. While the exact source of the breach is still unclear, experts emphasize that the size and scope of the data exposure is unprecedented.

According to ThinkingOne, this recent leak represents just a small portion of a larger breach that allegedly occurred earlier this year, potentially impacting up to 2.8 billion accounts. 

This bigger dataset, reported to be around 400 GB, has not yet been publicly released, and X has not acknowledged any knowledge of such a significant breach.

Although the leaked dataset’s size surpasses X’s estimated active user base of about 400 million globally, as reported by Statista, it may include inactive or spam accounts and bots. 

Nonetheless, the leaked details, such as account creation dates, geographical information,

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