Firm offers leaked Facebook data for free

A firm reported to have leaked data of some 500 million Facebook users is offering information including phone numbers and other data – virtually for free.

The database appears to be the same set of Facebook-linked telephone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was first reported by tech publication Motherboard.

The information is being offered for a few euros’ worth of digital credit on a well-known site for low-level hackers.

In a statement, Facebook said that the data was “very old” and related to an issue that it had fixed in August 2019.

Facebook users have been warned however, to be alert to “social engineering attacks” by people who may have obtained their phone numbers or other private data in the coming months.

Reuters