It's unclear exactly how the breach occurred. This particular leak affects more than 200 million users. However, roughly 2.8 billion X accounts are reportedly affected, potentially making this one of the largest social media data leaks of all time.

Hackers claimed to have access to the user records of 200 million people on Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter.

The world’s richest person announced on Friday that he has combined two of his multi-billion-dollar companies. Here’s how much he stands to make from the highly unusual deal.