FACEBOOK SAYS DATA OF 553 MILLION USERS WAS LEAKED IN 2019

  • 07/04/2021

Facebook on Tuesday said that hackers had "scraped" personal data of 553 million users during a leak in 2019. The social media company's comments came days after a trove of information was shared over the weekend at a hacker forum.Scraping is a tactic that involves using automated software to collect information shared publicly online. The stolen data included phone numbers, birth dates and email addresses. However, it did not include passwords or financial data, according to Facebook.

The data leak of half a billion people came to light first in January when researcher tweeted how a Telegram bot was being used to sell mobile phone numbers of Facebook users. Facebook stated that the "malicious actors" were able collect the data from user profiles by using the company's "contact importer" feature. The feature was designed to help people find their friends by using their contact lists.The company said it has now made changes to the tool

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