Hacker Leaks Personal Info On 533M Facebook Users

April 4, 2021 Social Media, Technology

The Insider reports:

A user in a low level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online.

The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and — in some cases — email addresses.

Insider reviewed a sample of the leaked data and verified several records by matching known Facebook users’ phone numbers with the IDs listed in the data set.

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The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum. https://t.co/8yTyvIRzBV

— Insider (@thisisinsider) April 3, 2021