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Leaker says they are offering private details of 500 million Facebook users

Published 04/03/2021, 01:32 PM
Updated 04/03/2021, 02:55 PM
© Reuters. The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration

© Reuters. The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration

By Raphael Satter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free.

The database appears to be the same set of Facebook-linked telephone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was first reported by tech publication Motherboard, according to Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson (NYSE:HUD) Rock.

Reuters was not immediately able to vet the information, which is being offered for a few euros' worth of digital credit on a well-known site for low-level hackers, but Gal said on Saturday that he had verified the authenticity of at least some of the data by comparing it against phone numbers of people he knew. Other journalists say they have also been able to match known phone numbers to the details in the data dump.

In a statement, Facebook said that the data was "very old" and related to an issue that it had fixed in August 2019.

An attempt by Reuters to reach the leaker over the messaging service Telegram was not immediately successful.

© Reuters. The Facebook logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration

Gal told Reuters that 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.

News of the latest leak https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4 was first reported by Business Insider.

Latest comments

Sounds like Facebook is ok with this leaked data ....as it is “old”. That is shocking and facebook should be fined
Expect the hackers and buyers on facebook user data to be emptying users bank accounts come Tuesday.I would expect millions to be closing their account down over Easter holidays.
Do tell how they will empty bank accounts with a phone number. So dramatic. you must also be an ape-man supporter.
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I will dump 8k shares come the open on Tuesday.Greed has finally caught up with this company. Sell hard.
lol
Edward Snowden 2.0
Haha. Not even close lol
The biggest problem with these companies are the employees themselves. Its likely the data came from one of them
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Musk should come up with something to replace Facebook
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