Really big numbers when it comes to leaking user’s personal data

One of the earliest posts on Smart Thinking was about Twitter being hacked:

Twitter hack – Smart Thinking Solutions

Now here we are again. What appears to be a lone threat actor, got inside their systems, with enough time to exfiltrate a substantial amount of Twitter user personal information. This is now for sale for $30,000 and the hacker, calling themselves “Devil” claims to have buyers interested.

Hacker selling Twitter account data of 5.4 million users for $30k (bleepingcomputer.com)

Just how many accounts does Devil claim to have – 5,485,636.

But if you want really big numbers, when it comes to multinational companies losing control of their user’s personal information – try this:

T-Mobile US to cough up $550m after info stolen on 77m users • The Register