Cybersecurity
Twitter Probed in EU for Pre-Musk Data Leak of 5.4 Million Users
- Irish data protection authority comments in emailed statement
- Case adds to intense global scrutiny after Musk takeover
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc. risks massive fines after its top privacy regulator in the European Union opened a probe into reports of a suspected data breach that compromised the personal details of 5.4 million users last year.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said Friday it decided to start a probe over reports that one or more datasets of users’ personal information “had been made available on the internet.”