Are 32 million Twitter passwords being sold on the dark web?

Social media giant 'confident' its systems have not been hacked after website reports data breach

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Millions of Twitter passwords have reportedly surfaced online and are being sold on the dark web.

LeakedSource, which collects credentials from data breaches, says it has received more than 32 million records, including email addresses, usernames and passwords.

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