Twitter confirms vulnerability exposed data of anonymous account owners

Twitter has confirmed a vulnerability in its code led to a data exposure late last year. In a blog post published on Friday, the company said a malicious actor took advantage of a zero-day flaw before it became aware of and patched the issue in January 2022. The vulnerability was discovered by a security researcher who contacted Twitter through the company's bug bounty program. When Twitter first learned of the flaw, it said it had "no evidence" to suggest it had been exploited. However, an indi...