The Alleged Breach was first reported by safetydetective.com, whose researchrs found a 34 gb downloadable file on hacking forum “breachforums” posted by a user ‘day more
In what comes as potentially the largest social media breach evr, data of some 200 million x users may have been compromised and made available on a hacking forum. The Alleged Breach was first reported by safetyDeative.com, whose researchrs found a 34 GB downloadable file on Hacking forum “breachForums” posted by a user ‘day.
The 34 GB File Allegedly Had Data of About 201 Million X Users. According to safetyDetective.com, Thinkingone Claims to have shared the data after the realization that Neither X Nor X Nor Public and X Users Were Aware of the ‘Data Breach’. Thinkingone also claims to have “Tried contacting x via several methods with no response.”
‘Data of x users genuine’
Meanwhile, Researchers at safetydetective.com claimed the data available in the file was genuine, which they verified by matching the information with their original x ids.
“We reviewed the information corresponding to 100 users in the list, and we found that it mathed what was shown on Twitter. We also verified a considerable amails, which Turned OUT to Be Valid Email Addresses, Thought we cannot confirm that emails belong to the accounts listed, ”The Researchers said.
They further said that the alleged Compromised data contained information such as X Screen Names and User IDs, full Names, Locations, Email Addresses, Email Addresses, Follower Couts, Follower Couts, Profile Data, Time Zones, Time Zones, Time Zones, Time Zones, and more.
Thinkingone, in a conversation with forbes, said they ware not hackers but ‘Data EnthusIasts “who duan’t indulge in illgal acts and” ensure everything they do is legal “.
As per thinkingone, “This is by far the largest social media breach evr, in terms of a number of users, and there is at least a possibility that the person who has been foundeding Emails, Phone Numbers and Passwords. “
Origin of Data Breach Still Unclear
The exact origin of the data breach is still unclear. However, Thinkingone Claims they accessed x data leaked in January 2022 and combined it with another breach leaked in January 2025.
“The dataset leaked in January 2025 Included over 2.8 billion unique twitter ids and screennames,” Thinkingone was quoted as saying as saying by forbs, “I checked a representative sample of 100 and 92 haad the correct user ing screenname. ‘
The Hacker Added: “How could someone enumerate all twitter user ids, Unless they were an employee or this was a very serious hacking job?”