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  I got Kevin O'Leary's phone # out of it
context: Great, so I’ll be receiving more spam emails. >
  
  I'd be more concerned about the increase in attempts at identity theft everyone will see from all of Twitter's data breaches, including this one. Personal details were leaked for 5.4mil twitter users just months ago, and now this. Twitter accounts should be toxic as nuclear waste to people now. >
  
  Honestly at this point like, why tho? Between  equifax and all the other sites and shit that have leaked my info, theres nothing twitter could leak that has not already leaked, apples private relay service came a decade too late and theres nothing i know like that for phone / sms. 
  I just treat those as public knowledge at this point. >
  
  Now that brought up Equifax, I'm reminded of how angry I am at how badly the media swept the Equifax breach under the rug. >
  
  But hey, I just got my settlement check for a whole $22!! >
  
  Damn. Mine was $12 ;_; >
  
  This is shocking given how well managed this company is. >
  
  So well managed I'd guess they didn't know they were hacked until this guy told them. >
  
  Probably the skeleton crew they have left running the actual operations of the company is so overburdoned they are just half-assed juggling several tasks instead of doing a single task competently.  
  And they can do this "fast and loose" to keep the company operational.  But get ready to major security breaches and constant stream of expensive high-profile blunders. >
  
  This hack happened before Musk bought the company. >
  
  Do you have a source for that claim? The article linked to this post only says "It may have taken place as early as 2021" - they provide no conclusive date. >
  
  Approximate number more like 235 million.  Twitter is doing so well... >
  
  Isn't that like all the users? Lol..that's a shitload >
  
  There's a lot more accounts on Twitter than people.  It was estimated about 200 million actual users worldwide, and about 400 million active accounts at the time Musk took over.  The number of inactive accounts that were real people or bots would then be higher.  
  What types of accounts specifically got targeted is up for debate, if random between everyone, targeted active users, etc. >
  
  Cool, so when is the class action lawsuit? >
  
  30 years from now and you'll get $3 but only if you opt in yesterday. >
  
  $3? Thats lucky, its more like $0.50 >
  
  Surprisingly a few years back I got a whole $12 from a class action lawsuit against Sony from anyone that had an original PS3 because they removed Linux support in an update.
  Definitely better than the settlement I got from the government after they leaked everyone's private information. Anyone that enlisted after the early 2000s or so had their social security number and other identifying info leaked by the third party that handled background checks, and the settlement was basically "Enter a bunch of identifying information here including you social security number and a third party will hold that info and let you know if someone tries to steal your identity." Thanks guys, I totally trust you not to let it leak this time... >
  
  It looks like this event took place at 2021 which was before Elon owned Twitter, just for the record. Elon's an ass but it doesn't appear this is under his leadership. >
  
  There's probably others under his leadership.  Twitter has (had) a very responsive and robust back end, but securing data was always a downfall for the company.  They've been really, really, really bad at it relative to their peers. >
  
  I very, very much doubt they redid the entire architecture between November and December.  They did shut off some data centers though. >
  
  For end users the back end is a lot more obscured than the front end.  So we can’t really say what was and wasn’t done.  Given typical dev times though, not to mention twitters legal requirements before making any changes, it seems unlikely to me they were able to do anything substantial.  
  You’ve got project planning, development, testing, legal sign offs, and deployment all within 9 weeks.  Oh and dealing with staff changes, elons demands, on boarding for their new lead dev (who since quit, saying everything was unworkable), musk getting up to speed to request work, oh and migrating from the old systems.
  I just don’t see it. >
  
  I bet they just used ChatGPT. >
  
  I'm Assembling a Team >
  
  Oh no not my email that’s been in 700 other data breaches. >
  
  To be fair, Elon (no, I’m not a fan) wasn’t in charge during the hack. “…the bug was first discovered in January 2022 but was quickly fixed, adding that there was no evidence suggesting that personal data was compromised as a result of the vulnerability.” (Source) >
  
  But that doesn't fit the popular narrative >
  
  Well he's been pouting about Twitter ceaselessly for a year--I can't care any more. Get the Mars baby wannabe off the fucking screens now pls >
  
  So glad I refused and continue to refuse to ever make a Twitter account. Social Media is a societal mistake >
  
  
  Social Media is a societal mistake
  
  Pushing back on this. Social Media is great; YouTube is social media. I'd argue that in terms of media production and distribution, IMO it's (YT) hands down the most pivotal thing to come to our civilization since the computer. 
  The true mistake with social media was trying to do short form social media. Only having 120 characters to say something and absolutely busted conversation threads; is the mistake. It's too easy to say something stupid and wrong in 120 characters, but if you want to refute it you'd need 10-20x that many characters.
  Edit: Engagement algorithms are close 2nd for the biggest mistake with social media. >
  
  "Social media" is also very broad. If Reddit is social media then so is every internet discussion forum to ever exist. >
  
  The line is very fine. I'd say, based on the current state of things, that you need to satisfy a couple of requirements.
  To be social media you must:
  1) Allow users to post content freely and open to everyone (ie: minimal moderation)
  2) There must be a mechanism for other's to interact with, reply to, and share the content to others
  3) Visibility of content is somewhat dynamic. This could be controlled by algorithms but could also be controlled by users in some fashion.
  Taking these requirements into account; social media has been around for awhile. Old style forum setups, like SomethingAwful, were definitely social media. I think anyone that was involved in the earlier days of SA would agree that when posts got traction there, impact of numerous users could be felt outside the forum -- similar to the kind of effects (though larger), you see from Twitter and other places these days. >
  
  Can we all agree: Elon is not a genius. >
  
  If Elon never made a Twitter account, people would historically compare him as a CEO to Steve Jobs. Now that people know the truth, he'll more likely be compared to the My Pillow Guy. 
  A fool speaks while a wise man listens. >
  
  “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
  Except that if he had remained silent, people would’ve thought he was a genius. >
  
  Except if he was not an edgy meme-lord, he wouldn't have a cult following, and Tesla stock wouldn't have gotten as high as it did, then his net worth wouldn't have gotten as high as it did, and also he wouldn't have been able to dump $40bn worth of stock on his investors. >
  
  You may very well be right.  We'll never know what the alternate timeline looks like where he could keep his dumber thoughts to himself, unfortunately. >
  
  Didn't I see this headline yesterday? Or like, a week ago? >
  
  Yes, but those articles were moreso about someone offering the data on the dark web and there wasn't any actual proof that he had it.
  Now Twitter has officially notified users as required by law meaning they've verified the claim is legit. >
  
  Anything besides email addresses? >
  
  Exactly why I use a bullshit email address for social media accounts. >
  
  Deleted my account last year. I wonder if that includes removed accounts.