In new troubles it seems that the Facebook after the revelation of the website Motherboard concerning the telephone numbers of social network users.
ΣAccording to their information, a hacker has taken possession of the file with telephone numbers of 500 million users Facebook, which he sells to anyone interested through an automated bot in the service Telegram.
Her representative Facebook told Motherboard that these phone numbers are related to a vulnerability that closed in August 2019, therefore, it affects those who had registered their number on Facebook (e.g. to activate the 2 factor authentication) before this date. However, it is still a huge leak and clearly the phone number is not something you change often.
From the tests performed by the Motherboard team, with his help Telegram bot could find either Facebook IDs users based on their phone number, or vice versa. Prices for the purchase of these items start at $20 and the list includes telephone numbers of users from USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and 15 more countries.
As he said alon gal, security researcher,
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