533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

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I don't have any REAL personal data on my Facebook but my Aunt sent me a message and I opened it and got a virus.

I usually don't fall for this stuff but this one was pretty sneaky.

I lost my entire friends list and groups I was in and pages etc dealing with it.

What a pain in the butt.

Luckily I'm not too invested in Facebook and I just use it for fun and communication.

So I don't have any real lost info.
 
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Regarding the #FacebookLeak, of the 533M people in the leak - the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is regrettably included in the leak as well.

If journalists are struggling to get a statement from @facebook, maybe just give him a call, from the tel in the leak? 📞😂
 
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Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
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Elizabeth Culliford
Publishing date:Apr 07, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
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Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently made public in a database, and does not currently have plans to do so, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and other details from user profiles were available in a public database. Facebook said in a blog post on Tuesday that “malicious actors” had obtained the data prior to September 2019 by “scraping” profiles using a vulnerability in the platform’s tool for synching contacts.


The Facebook spokesman said the social media company was not confident it had full visibility on which users would need to be notified. He said it also took into account that users could not fix the issue and that the data was publicly available in deciding not to notify users. Facebook has said it plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time.

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The scraped information did not include financial information, health information or passwords, Facebook said. However, the collated data could provide valuable information for hacks or other abuses.

Facebook, which has long been under scrutiny over how it handles user privacy, in 2019 reached a landmark settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over its investigation into allegations the company misused user data.


Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the European Union’s lead regulator for Facebook, said on Tuesday it had contacted the company about the data leak. It said it received “no proactive communication from Facebook” but was now in contact.

The July 2019 FTC settlement requires Facebook to report details about unauthorized access to data on 500 or more users within 30 days of confirming an incident.

The Facebook spokesman declined to comment on the company’s conversations with regulators but said it was in contact to answer their questions.
 

TheShadow

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Regarding the #FacebookLeak, of the 533M people in the leak - the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is regrettably included in the leak as well.

If journalists are struggling to get a statement from @facebook, maybe just give him a call, from the tel in the leak? 📞😂
I have Zuckerberg's phone number and I will be prank calling him ALLLLLLLL day.... ;)