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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 10:29 AM Apr 2021

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

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Leaker says they are offering private details of 500 million Facebook users (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2021 OP
if they want my private info so bad , pay me $15.00 an hour . AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #1
The data being very old may not matter. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #2
Among other significant numbers one tends to keep... Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #3
Fuck Joinfortmill Apr 2021 #4
Including phone numbers! Oh nos! reACTIONary Apr 2021 #5
I don't answer my phones any more unless I know the number MiniMe Apr 2021 #6
Exactly - same here FakeNoose Apr 2021 #7
You mean they gave an anonymous corporation 5000 miles away their real information? bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #8
yup Skittles Apr 2021 #12
I asked my super geek son DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #9
Oh damn! Looks like I've been missing out. Better get my ass to sign up Carlitos Brigante Apr 2021 #10
Zuckerberg should be forced to pay $1000 to each person whose info was leaked Orrex Apr 2021 #11
precedent is already established Angrybob2001 Apr 2021 #13
After which it's $10/month for the rest of your life. Hugin Apr 2021 #14
In other words, absolutely no incentive to change Orrex Apr 2021 #15

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
2. The data being very old may not matter.
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 11:13 AM
Apr 2021

I, for one, have had the same landline since 2008, and my cell phone number since 1994.

reACTIONary

(5,749 posts)
5. Including phone numbers! Oh nos!
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 12:12 PM
Apr 2021

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)
6. I don't answer my phones any more unless I know the number
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 12:33 PM
Apr 2021

Not my cell nor my landline (that I still have)

FakeNoose

(32,328 posts)
7. Exactly - same here
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 12:37 PM
Apr 2021

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.

DENVERPOPS

(8,677 posts)
9. I asked my super geek son
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:20 PM
Apr 2021

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)
10. Oh damn! Looks like I've been missing out. Better get my ass to sign up
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:55 PM
Apr 2021

for Facebook after all these years.... My bad. I should say they've been missing out.... on my info.

Hugin

(32,773 posts)
14. After which it's $10/month for the rest of your life.
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 09:14 AM
Apr 2021

So, it's not really free and instead part of the overall scam.

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