Security News > 2021 > April > Facebook says leak of 533m accounts is old news. But my date of birth, name, etc haven't changed in years, Zuck

Reams of personal data - including phone numbers, email addresses, and birthdays - obtained from 533 million Facebook accounts was offered to all for free on a cyber-crime forum over the weekend.

The information - which also includes people's names, marital status, occupation, and location - was siphoned from Facebook in 2019 via a security weakness in the platform.

The records were pilfered from hundreds of millions of Facebook profiles spread across 104 countries; that includes 32,315,282 accounts in the US, and 11,522,328 in the UK, according to a post on the underground forum viewed by The Register.

All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free.

"Meanwhile, Gal told The Register:"Firstly, I'd like Facebook to acknowledge the leak and the importance of it.

"Secondly, they should alert all users that this has happened and have the users be alert to impending social engineering and hacking attacks. Lastly, I think Facebook should rotate Facebook IDs to block bad actors from being able to link phone numbers to Facebook profiles through the leak as can be currently done, this is only a small step but a crucial one."

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