The data set reportedly contained more than 32 million Twitter records that could include information such as usernames, passwords, or email addresses. Tens of millions of stolen Twitter credentials evidently lifted from web browser programs were put up for sale online, according to a search engine devoted to leaked data. We have investigated reports of Twitter usernames/passwords on the dark web, and we're confident that our systems have not been breached. — Michael Coates ஃ (@_mwc) June 9, 2016“We are confident that these usernames and credentials were not obtained by a Twitter data breach -- our systems have not been breached,” a Twitter spokesperson said in an email reply to an AFP inquiry. It appeared that hackers got the information by using malicious code that steals data from web browsing programs.

Source: Hindustan Times June 10, 2016 11:48 UTC