A watchdog organization will be conducting an investigation into Twitter following reports that a hacker has claimed to have obtained private information linked to over 400 million accounts.
The hacker, “Ryushi”, is demanding $200,000 (£166,000) to hand over the data – reported to include that of some celebrities – and delete it.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says it “will examine Twitter’s compliance with data protection law in relation to that security issue”.
The Guardian reported that 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.
Twitter fixed the weakness in the system in 2022. But the flaw is also believed to have been used in the earlier breach affecting more than five million accounts.
(via: BBC)
