Over the long weekend reports emerged of an alleged data breach, impacting half a billion Facebook users from 106 countries.
And while this figure is staggering, there’s more to the story than 533 million sets of data. This breach once again highlights how many of the systems we use aren’t designed to adequately protect our information from cyber criminals.
Nor is it always straightforward to figure out whether your data have been compromised in a breach or not.
What happened?
More than 500 million Facebook users’ details were published online on an underground website used by cyber criminals.
It quickly became clear this was not a new data breach, but an older one which had come back to haunt Facebook and the millions of users whose data are now available to purchase online.
Huge Facebook Security Breach; See If Your Account Has Been Hacked
April 6, 2021
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The personal data belonging to 533 million Facebook users has been leaked online, according to security specialist Alon Gal on Monday.
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Leaked Facebook data reveals that Zukerberg uses Signal
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Leaked Facebook data reveals that Zukerberg uses Signal.(photo:Twitter) Image Source: IANS News
San Francisco, April 6 : As Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg s phone number also emerged among the leaked data of 533 million Facebook users, a security expert has revealed that the Facebook CEO uses Signal.
According to media reports, the leaked data includes Zukerberg s phone number, Facebook user ID, personal details like location, marriage details and birth date. In another turn of events, Mark Zuckerberg also respects his own privacy, by using a chat app that has end-to-end encryption and isn t owned by @facebook, Dave Walker, a security expert wrote on Twitter.
By Tatiana Carter
Published April 6, 2021
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Attention, Australia: You’ve just been Zucc’d!
Over the long weekend, when much of the world was gorging themselves on choccy rabbits and getting drunk over Easter dinner, online hackers published the private information of 533 million Facebook users. This data, which includes phone numbers, account IDs, full names and physical locations, is enough to expose millions of Aussies big time.