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20 Apr 2020 · National · Technology
Data Leak / Misconfiguration HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

A massive database containing scraped Facebook user profiles was published on a popular hacker forum. The leaked records contained profile names, unique Facebook IDs, and direct mobile phone numbers, impacting millions of global users including thousands in Australia.

Incident details

Organisation
Facebook
Date
20 Apr 2020
Attack type
Data Leak / Misconfiguration
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Technology
State
National
Records affected
267000000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

techradar.com ↗
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