April 6, 2021
Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data including phone numbers for some 553 million
Facebook users this week. Facebook says the data was collected before 2020 when it changed things to prevent such information from being scraped from profiles. To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your online accounts wherever feasible. Meanwhile, if you’re a Facebook
product user and want to learn if your data was leaked, there are easy ways to find out.
The HaveIBeenPwned project, which collects and analyzes hundreds of database dumps containing information about billions of leaked accounts, has incorporated the data into his service. Facebook users can enter the mobile number (in international format) associated with their account and see if those digits were exposed in the new data dump (HIBP doesn’t show you any data, just gives you a yes/no on whether your data shows up).
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Data of 533 million Facebook users leaked online, here is how you can check if you are safe
In a massive data breach, the personal information of over 533 million Facebook users was leaked online.
Ankita Chakravarti | April 6, 2021 | Updated 14:34 IST
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The data included the contact number, Facebook IDs, birthdates, and more of users.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other co-founders Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz were among the affected users.
In a massive data breach, the personal information of over 533 million Facebook users was leaked online.The data included the contact number, Facebook IDs, birthdates, and more of users. As per the Business Insider report, personal information of over 3.2 crore users in the US, 1.1 crores in the UK, and 60 lakh in India were exposed. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other co-founders Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz were among the affected users.
Facebook data breach: Mark Zuckerberg uses Signal; phone number leaked
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg s phone number was among the leaked data of 533 million Facebook users
BusinessToday.In | April 6, 2021 | Updated 12:59 IST
A security researcher has disclosed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses Signal app
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg s phone number was found in the leaked data of 533 million Facebook users. In what may be seen as the biggest data leaks ever, Zuckerberg s other details such as his name, birth date, location, marriage details, and Facebook user ID were also revealed in the compromised data, according to a report.
It was revealed in the leak that Zuckerberg uses the Signal app. Revealing more about it, a security researcher disclosed it by posting his leaked phone number which corroborated that the Facebook CEO uses the Signal app.