Twitter says accounts were not compromised despite hacker’s claims

A hacker operating under the name “Mauritania Attacker” has claimed so – but even though he released purported account information for more than 15,000 users on Tuesday morning, officials with Twitter said the service was not affected.

The pro-Islam hacker, who takes his moniker from the West African Arab Maghreb country in which he is said to reside, posted the Twitter information – 15,167 accounts in total – to file-hosting website Zippyshare on Tuesday morning. He claims to have access to numerous more.