It wouldn't surprise me to know that the suppliers of such data onto the black market "could" be any of those former employees that were dismissed unfairly, and are trying to get back at Musk the Hard way in spite having other avenues to voice their displeasure like suing the company...Before this gets worse, Musk should step down as CEO and let some else be the face of the company.
I also suspected this possibility at first. Musk has certainly gone overboard with the way Twitter is taking over, at moments perhaps even humiliating according to the previous structure of employees. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was a reaction to the entire process of change.
Musk certainly deserved a punch in the face, but not over the user's back.
