X probes mass password-reset email attacks as X Money expands to US users
TechNadu · x · 2026-09-03
X is investigating attackers mass-triggering password-reset emails using public usernames, just as X Money rolls out to US Premium users. The company says there is no evidence of a system breach or mass account takeovers so far, but the incident highlights how public usernames combined with account operations can be abused at scale.
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