India, April 2 -- A hacker has claimed to have publicly posted a database containing details of some 200 million X (formerly known as Twitter) users.

According to Safetydetective.com, which first broke the story, researchers discovered a post on the hacking forum "BreachForums" from a user named ThinkingOne.

The post reportedly contained a 34 GB downloadable file packed with over 201 million data entries related to X users.

The hacker in the post claimed that the data was shared after the realisation that neither X nor the general public were aware of "the largest social media breach ever".

ThinkingOne further claimed to have "tried contacting X via several methods with no response."

Researchers at Safetydetective.com said they have ...