Sensitive data of over 553 million Facebook users is made available for free online, containing users’ names, phone numbers, gender, etc. The dump was reportedly obtained in 2019 by a hacker, who exploited a now-patched vulnerability on Facebook. While it was sold for a sum initially, it’s now available for free, exposing to more cybercrimes.
Facebook Users Data Leaked
First seen by Alon Gal, CTO of a cybercrime intelligence firm named Hudson Rock, the database was listed for sale in a popular hacker forum mid-last year. It’s reported that the dump was actually from 2019, where a hacker has stolen it from Facebook after exploiting a vulnerability in its ‘Add Friend’ feature.
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
