A leaker says they’re providing info on greater than 500 million Facebook customers – together with cellphone numbers and different knowledge – nearly without spending a dime.
The database seems to be the identical set of Facebook-linked phone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was first reported by tech publication Motherboard, based on Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybercrime intelligence agency Hudson Rock.
Reuters was not instantly capable of vet the data, which is being provided for a couple of euros’ value of digital credit score on a widely known website for low-level hackers, however Gal mentioned on Saturday that he had verified the authenticity of not less than some of the info by evaluating it towards cellphone numbers of individuals he knew. Other journalists say they’ve additionally been capable of match identified cellphone numbers to the small print within the knowledge dump.
In a press release, Facebook mentioned that the info was “very old” and associated to a problem that it had mounted in August 2019.
An try by Reuters to succeed in the leaker over the messaging service Telegram was not instantly profitable.
Gal instructed Reuters that Facebook customers needs to be alert to “social engineering attacks” by individuals who might have obtained their cellphone numbers or different non-public knowledge within the coming months.
News of the newest leak was first reported by Business Insider.
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