Facebook Accountabilityįacebook has declared that it will investigate the issue to gain information about the parties involved in the data breach. The data can still be used to identify a person’s details and can also be used by hackers to scam individuals and impersonate their identity. However, Alon Gal believes that hackers can still take advantage of the confidential data that was leaked. They were able to cross-check and identify the users affected based on the data that was exposed.Ī Facebook spokesperson has released a statement saying that the data is stale and adds that they were stolen due to a vulnerability that the company had already fixed in 2019. News websites have reported that the leaked data are authentic. However, he found out that this month, the data is now freely accessible by anyone.
A user has allegedly posted in a low-level hacking forum that it has a bot that can give out data from Facebook users given a fee. He states that he found out about the data leakage when he saw Facebook’s user’s data posted on a hacking forum.Īccording to him, he found out about the data breach in January.
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The leaked data includes personal identifying information such as the users’ full names, email addresses, locations, and phone numbers.Īlon Gal works for Hudson Rock, a cybercrime intelligence firm. Around 11 million users from the UK and 6 million from India. Out of the 533 million records, it is estimated that 32 million were from U.S. It is estimated that data from over 106 countries were exposed. The security breach exposes the data of over 533 million users. In April 2021, Alon Gal, a Chief Technology Officer, discovered that Facebook’s data had been leaked.
Consumer News Facebook Data Breach 2021 – Over 500 Million Users Exposed!īy Consider The Consumer on FB Data Leakįacebook’s latest data breach exposes user data exceeding 500 million.
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