A user on a hacking forum posted the phone numbers and personal details of 533 million Facebook users on Saturday. They are data from years ago, but they pose a security problem.
The exposed data of Facebook users includes personal information of more than 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries. 32 million are from the US, 11 million are from the UK and 6 from India. The leaked data includes your phone numbers, your Facebook user ID, full names if that's your real name, your location, your dates of birth, your bio data, and email addresses. This attack is very serious, no matter how much they insist that this data is at least two years old.
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A Facebook spokesperson told the Insider portal that the exposed data was deleted in its day due to a vulnerability that the company fixed in 2019. Security experts warn that this data is still very useful for cybercriminals and cybercriminals, since it is data that one it rarely changes. Nobody changes their name or address, much less their date of birth.
The leaked data from the Facebook attack was made public in January when a user of the same hacking forum in which they were found announced an automated bot. It could provide phone numbers for hundreds of millions of Facebook users for a price. Motherboard reported the existence of that bot at the time and verified that the data was legitimate.
There's nothing Facebook can do about this attack and security breach other than notify affected users. These users should be vigilant against potential phishing or fraud attempts using their data. This data is specifically linked to an individual, not a password that can be changed at any time.
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