Data of Over 500m Facebook Users Leaked For Free
Data consisting telephone numbers have been traversing hackers since the start of this year and it has been publicly displayed
The data of around 500 million users of Facebook was leaked for free by an unidentified leaker.
Reuters reported that the data consisting telephone numbers have been migrating between hackers since the start of this year and it has been publicly displayed now.
The revelation was made by Alon Gal, co-Founder of Israeli Cybercrime Intelligence Firm, Hudson Rock.
On Saturday, Alon Gal had claimed that he had cross-checked leaked phone numbers and found they were real.
All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free.
This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked.
I have yet to see Facebook acknowledging this absolute negligence of your data. https://t.co/ysGCPZm5U3 pic.twitter.com/nM0Fu4GDY8
— Alon Gal (Under the Breach) (@UnderTheBreach) April 3, 2021
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This proved the leaked data was authentic and extracted from the Facebook database.
“Other journalists say they have also been able to match known phone numbers to the details in the data dump”, Reuters reported.
In response to it, Facebook said that it was scrap and was related to an issue they had fixed in 2019.
However, the tech giant did not answer why it was floating on the internet.
Still, Alon Gal warned “Facebook users should be alert to “social engineering attacks” by people who may have obtained their phone numbers or other private data in the coming months”.
