{"id":53591,"date":"2016-06-09T20:46:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53591"},"modified":"2016-06-12T13:07:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T13:07:57","slug":"32m-twitter-accounts-sale-dark-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/32m-twitter-accounts-sale-dark-web\/","title":{"rendered":"32M Twitter Accounts For Sale On Dark Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The same hackers responsible for the LinkedIn, MySpace and Tumblr found themselves with 32 million Twitter accounts to sell&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/jun\/9\/twitter-denies-security-breach-after-hacker-tries-\/\">The Washington Times<\/a>, 32 million Twitter usernames and passwords are up for sale on the dark market.\u00a0 The social media site is denying any kind of security breach, but as a precautionary measure, has locked all of the known breached accounts until the user does a password reset.\u00a0 It is being assumed at this time, that millions of people were actually infected with malware which sat on their computers, sending their various credientials to the hackers.\u00a0 It was reported the cache of data was trying to be sold on the dark web for 10 bitcoins, or $6,000 USD.<\/p>\n<p>To be precautious, run a malware detection program to ensure you are not infected.\u00a0 Once you are certain your PC is malware free, reset your password on any of the social media sites that you use that have been affected.\u00a0 It is important you scan your computer first; 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