Twitter denies security breach as report claims 32 million passwords have been leaked on the dark web
Twitter has denied reports that login information for 32 million accounts has been leaked online.
The credentials have apparently been collected via malware and are now being sold on the dark web according to a report from Tech Crunch. The social network however, maintains that its systems have not been breached.
Details of the supposed leak first emerged when LeakedSource, a site which contains a search engine of leaked passwords, penned a blog saying it had received a copy of tens of millions users’ data from the same individuals who passed on hacked data from Russian social network VK just last week.
There’s nothing to suggest that Twitter’s systems have been hacked, instead it’s been claimed that the supposed data was stolen using malware that tricked users into entering their login details.
“We are confident that these usernames and credentials were not obtained by a Twitter data breach – our systems have not been breached. In fact, we’ve been working to help keep accounts protected by checking our data against what’s been shared from recent other password leaks,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Drum.
The news comes as social networks continue to step up their security in light of recent hacks on LinkedIn and MySpace.