Ua hoʻokomo kahi hacker ʻike ʻole a i ʻole pūʻulu hacker i kahi waihona pūnaewele me nā helu leka uila a me nā helu kelepona e pili ana me 5.4 miliona mau moʻokāki Twitter. Ua hiki i ka mea hoʻouka ke kiʻi hou i ka ʻikepili ma o kahi pahu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka waihona ma Breach Forums a ua ʻike ʻia e Restore Privacy. Makemake nā mea hoʻouka "ma kahi o $ 30,000" no ka waihona. ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo huna i loko o ka waihona, akā aia nā leka uila a i ʻole nā helu kelepona a i ʻole nā mea ʻelua o ka huina o 5,485,636 mau mea hoʻohana Twitter. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻouka kaua i nā moʻolelo o nā mea kaulana a me nā hui. Hiki i ka Restore Privacy ke hoʻoholo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka leak, akā ʻaʻole i ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā inoa kaulana i loko.
Ua komo ka mea hoʻouka i ka nāwaliwali ma o kahi nāwaliwali i ʻike ʻia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka nāwaliwali ma Ianuali 1st ma ka bug bounty platform HackerOne e kahi mea noiʻi palekana. He mea ia i loko o ka mea kūʻai aku Android e koi ana i kahi mea hoʻouka e hana i kahi noi POST i ka API onboarding o Twitter. Ua wehewehe ka mea noiʻi palekana i ka pilikia ma ka HackerOne. Ua kiʻi ʻo Twitter i ka nāwaliwali a hoʻoponopono iā ia ma Ianuali 13. Ua paʻi ʻia nā kikoʻī ma Pepeluali 11, a ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mea noiʻi i kahi uku $5040. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia pehea i loaʻa ai i ka mea hoʻouka i kēia manawa ka ʻikepili i ka ʻike e hoʻokō ai i ka hack.