It is pointed out that 533 million user data leaked from Facebook, which will be the worst data leak in history



It is reported that the personal information and cache data of more than 500 million Facebook users are published on the hacking forum. The leaked data contains the user's personal information, and it has been pointed out that it may be used for various crimes such as hacking and social engineering.

Personal data from over 500M Facebook users leaked online --9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/03/personal-data-from-over-500m-facebook-users-leaked-online/

Over 500M Facebook account records leaked on hacking forum | AppleInsider
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/03/over-500m-facebook-account-records-leaked-on-hacking-forum

Alon Gal, chief technology officer at cybercrime research firm Hudson Rock , discovered that the personal information of Facebook users was published on the hacking forum.

According to him, more than 533 million user data has been leaked across 106 countries, including Facebook ID, location, date of birth, background, phone number and email address. It is also clear that 32 million of the data are from American users, 11 million are from the United Kingdom, and 6 million are from India.



With Gal's information, Business Insider used the password reset feature to verify some of the leaked data and found that the leaked user data was from an account that actually exists on Facebook. It has been confirmed.

In addition, when Business Insider confirmed with Facebook, it was confirmed that a spokesperson responded that 'data was scraped due to a vulnerability patched in 2019'. Leak data on the hacking forum is open to the public for free, so anyone with basic data skills can use it.

Gal also warns that the data of more than 533 million Facebook users has been leaked on his Twitter account.



Regarding the leaked user data, Gal said, 'Personal information including the phone numbers of many Facebook users has been leaked on a large scale, and this data could lead to social engineering attacks and hacking attacks by malicious hackers. There is. '

This isn't the first time Facebook has leaked user data. Facebook was also involved in the privacy controversy in 2020, and the problem was that thousands of developers were able to access the data of inactive users.

In addition, in 2018, 50 million user data was misused by consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admits that 50 million user data has been abused-GIGAZINE


By Brian Solis

Facebook hasn't dealt with the latest data breaches yet, and the media has pointed out that it could be 'the worst data breach in Facebook history.'

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Free user data for 533 million people leaked How to check if the email address registered on Facebook is leaked --GIGAZINE



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