Leaker says they are offering private details of 500 million Facebook users
Source: Reuters
APRIL 3, 20211:24 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
by Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free.
The database appears to be the same set of Facebook-linked telephone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was first reported by tech publication Motherboard, according to Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock.
Reuters was not immediately able to vet the information, which is being offered for a few euros worth of digital credit on a well-known site for low-level hackers, but Gal said on Saturday that he had verified the authenticity of at least some of the data by comparing it against phone numbers of people he knew. Other journalists say they have also been able to match known phone numbers to the details in the data dump.
In a statement, Facebook said that the data was very old and related to an issue that it had fixed in August 2019.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cyber-leak-idUSKBN2BQ0J8
AllaN01Bear
(17,346 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)I, for one, have had the same landline since 2008, and my cell phone number since 1994.
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,229 posts)reACTIONary
(5,749 posts)Sheesh, if you want my phone number, you don't have to pay crypto currency on a dark web site - just do a public records search and it's there.
Don't even have to pay for the full report. But if you did, in my case at least, the results would be a lot more interesting than my facebook page.
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)Not my cell nor my landline (that I still have)
FakeNoose
(32,328 posts)It's 95% spam and nuisance calls now. Also I never give out my cellphone number except to trusted friends/family. Certainly Facebook will never get my cell number.
bucolic_frolic
(42,653 posts)And trusted them? LOL
Skittles
(152,963 posts)the naivete of people is crazy
DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)when facebook first started if he could help me get on facebook..........
He told me not to do it, their security isn't worth shit.......Everyone one of my friends who were getting on facebook told me my son was crazy, that there was no better security than was found on facebook......
He also told me not to dare sending in my DNA to any company to "search my heritage"....................
It is bad enough already, WALGREENS has been caught and fined twice for selling your entire Prescription Information and Personal Information to any and all buyers........WALGREENS has made zillions by selling this info to anyone................
Carlitos Brigante
(26,481 posts)for Facebook after all these years.... My bad. I should say they've been missing out.... on my info.
Orrex
(63,083 posts)Angrybob2001
(27 posts)All they need to do is give you free credit monitoring for a year.
Hugin
(32,773 posts)So, it's not really free and instead part of the overall scam.