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Third amended US complaint filed accusing X Corp. of failing to protect users

( April 7, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs suing X Corp. over a software flaw that allowed cybercriminals to access the usernames and email addresses of people with anonymous Twitter accounts filed their third amended US complaint. The complaint alleged that from June 2021 through January 2022, a defect in Twitter’s application programming interface allowed cybercriminals to exploit a defect and "scrape" users’ Twitter usernames, email addresses and phone numbers associated with specific accounts, deanonymizing tens of millions of users who wished to stay anonymous.See attached file. ...

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