Are You One of the 533M People Who Got Facebooked?
Summary: Personal data including phone numbers for some 553 million Facebook users was leaked this week, data Facebook says was collected before 2020 when it changed things to prevent scraping from profiles. Under the Breach's Alon Gal said the 533 million account database was first offered for sale in June 2020, covering profile data from 100 countries, and by January 2021 a Telegram bot let users query it for a low fee.
What you should know: A leaked mobile number is the reset path into the email and social accounts that rely on it, and from there a SIM-swapping attack lets thieves intercept the one-time codes meant to protect you.
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