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Personal Information of More Than 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum
Privacy Affairs ^ | 10/4/2021 | Miklos Soltan

Posted on 10/04/2021 1:19:37 PM PDT by C210N

The private and personal information of over 1.5 billion Facebook users is being sold on a popular hacking-related forum, potentially enabling cybercriminals and unscrupulous advertisers to target Internet users globally.

This constitutes the biggest and most significant Facebook data dump to date.

It is seemingly unrelated to an earlier 2021 Facebook data dump, where 500 million users were affected.

(Excerpt) Read more at privacyaffairs.com ...


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1 posted on 10/04/2021 1:19:37 PM PDT by C210N
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According to the forum poster, the data provided contains the following personal information of Facebook users:

Name
Email
Location
Gender
Phone number
User ID


2 posted on 10/04/2021 1:20:27 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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Joe Biden isn’t running for president in 2022, but he still may get 1.5 Billion votes.


3 posted on 10/04/2021 1:22:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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Awww I miss FB...like I miss a rotted tooth


4 posted on 10/04/2021 1:23:31 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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Never have or will be on fakebook.


5 posted on 10/04/2021 1:23:36 PM PDT by Fungi
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It will be interesting to see how this goes down as “The Empire Strikes Back”.....LOL


6 posted on 10/04/2021 1:24:43 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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It is a PII compromised cesspool loaded with foreign enemy intel!


7 posted on 10/04/2021 1:24:53 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Such a great food for thought comment.

One could come up with some great satirical scenarios to
play with around November 2022.


8 posted on 10/04/2021 1:25:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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9 posted on 10/04/2021 1:26:43 PM PDT by neefer (Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run.)
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Bank
Bank account #’s
Passwords


10 posted on 10/04/2021 1:27:49 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: C210N
Personal Information of More Than 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum


11 posted on 10/04/2021 1:28:01 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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“Name
Email
Location
Gender
Phone number
User ID”

Damn, don’t care about most of that, but I’m suing if someone finds my gender.

Actually, don’t most people also have their birthdates on Facebook. That might not end well for them...


12 posted on 10/04/2021 1:29:15 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Ha Ha! is right...couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.


13 posted on 10/04/2021 1:30:26 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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Again?


14 posted on 10/04/2021 1:31:09 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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And Facebook still down!!!


15 posted on 10/04/2021 1:33:26 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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I have to wonder, was this done by the government to get rid of incriminating info or actual hackers? This is too convenient.


16 posted on 10/04/2021 1:33:48 PM PDT by Trillian
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17 posted on 10/04/2021 1:34:13 PM PDT by Drew68
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I’m amazed people put their actual birth date in FB.
I don’t and also list odd current town I live in and odd place for high school graduated from.
If you are on FB, best to throw strange information to mess up their algorithm


18 posted on 10/04/2021 1:34:16 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clinton's )
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Inside the link:

" Update: After this news was initially published, a user of the forum claimed that they paid the seller but didn’t receive anything in return. The seller hasn’t yet responded to these accusations.

All we know at this moment is that the multiple samples provided to forum users appeared to be real. '

19 posted on 10/04/2021 1:35:58 PM PDT by knarf (Isaiah 3:12<p>)
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If you are on FB, best to throw strange information to mess up their algorithm

If you ever get another opportunity.

I'm thinking this is it. For FB. And, Inst.

20 posted on 10/04/2021 1:36:35 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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