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533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
Business Insider.com ^
| 4/3/2021
| Aaron Holmes
Posted on 04/03/2021 10:50:48 AM PDT by Beave Meister
A user in a low level hacking forum has published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online.
The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and — in some cases — email addresses.
Insider reviewed a sample of the leaked data and verified several records by matching known Facebook users' phone numbers with the IDs listed in the data set. We also verified records by testing email addresses from the data set in Facebook's password reset feature, which can be used to partially reveal a user's phone number.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bios; birthdate; breached; data; databreach; email; emailaddresses; facebook; facebooklawsuit; facebookmembers; facebooknonusers; facebookusers; fullnames; hackers; id; internet; locations; markzuckerberg; motherboard; nonmembers; phonenumbers; security; stolendata; zuckerberg
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I wonder what Facebook's fact checkers will say about this? I wonder if these 533 million people can sue Facebook for this security breach?
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
04/03/2021 10:51:58 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
04/03/2021 10:52:14 AM PDT
by
Guenevere
(When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
To: Beave Meister
All of the “bad guys” already have all of that info, so what’s the point?
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posted on
04/03/2021 10:53:14 AM PDT
by
Mogger
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:01:31 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
To: kiryandil
I very much miss the casual everyday updates from beloved family and friends but deleted my account early last year.
I hope in time.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:02:02 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
To: Beave Meister; a fool in paradise; acapesket; Baynative; beef; BullDog108; Califreak; cgbg; ...
Sure glad I'm not one of the 'select' 553,000,000.
h/t pookie18's cartoons
Facebook is a perfect example of socialism:
You get it for free but the quality sucks.
You have no say in how it works.
The guy who runs it gets rich.
There's no real competition.
You have no privacy.
And if you say one thing they don't like
they'll shut you up. |
This is the Farcebook Is Evil ping list.
If you'd like to be on or off this list, please click Private Reply below and drop me a FReepmail
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:02:59 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
To: Beave Meister
About once a week my wife gets “chided” for not using Facebook.
This is another reason, she will text and not use FB and say no to those chiding her for not using FB.
She texts/emails our DNA pools and good friends while enjoying her coffee in bed, every morning.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:03:26 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Starstruck tagline: (Since I'm old, I don't know whether I'm senile or brilliant. Or happily both!))
To: Kevmo
Inevitable. Foreseeable.
Next, Big Brother on Telescreens.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:07:19 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(leave the gun, take the canolis)
To: kiryandil
You DO know that Facebook is now getting SUED for tracking people who are NOT Facebook members, right?
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:07:54 AM PDT
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: kiryandil
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:08:11 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
To: Don Corleone
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:10:28 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
To: kiryandil
I have REMOVED Twitter from my phone and DISABLED Facebook, but.. who knows their capabilities when it comes to surveillance?
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:11:36 AM PDT
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: CivilWarBrewing
You DO know that Facebook is now getting SUED for tracking people who are NOT Facebook members, right? Yep.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:14:46 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: CivilWarBrewing
I have two Twitter accounts - neither one with my actual phone number or identity.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:15:35 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Beave Meister
Let me guess..all the info was sent to their coddlers, China
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:17:26 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me! )
To: kiryandil
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:18:45 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: upchuck
Pffftt.... (un)planned intimidation.....
Zuck is a creep in my humble estimation.
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posted on
04/03/2021 11:21:52 AM PDT
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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