Twitter is in the middle of yet another PR disaster after a criminal hacker leaked more than 220 million users’ email addresses. The fraudster, who goes by the name ‘Ryushi’, initially demanded $200,000 (about £166,000) to hand over or delete the stolen information. A week later – after presumably being rebuffed by Twitter – the hacker put the data up for sale on the hacking forum Breached. Although it appears that no personal information beyond email addresses was compromised, the incident poses significant privacy risks. For instance, many people can be easily identified by their email address – particularly if
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