Two massive databases containing Facebook IDs, phone numbers and full names have been posted online by cybercriminals.

Facebook: User data of 300 million users leaked – The most important thing to start with:

A security researcher discovered two databases posted online by cybercriminals. The databases contain names, email addresses, telephone numbers, Facebook IDs and personal data of almost 300 million Facebook users.

Names, phone numbers, Facebook IDs

Security researcher Bob Diachenko has discovered that two large online databases containing data from almost 300 million Facebook users have been put online.
He was able to find the first database in December of the previous year. He later discovered the second database with another 42 million records. This contained even more detailed information such as email addresses and personal details. The cybercriminals are probably based in Vietnam. The data was obtained either through illegal access by bots – “scraping” – or by exploiting a vulnerability in the Facebook API.

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Upload to hacker forum

The security researcher immediately informed the providers whose servers the IPs could be traced back to. However, all the data had already been copied and uploaded to a hacker forum. This meant that virtually everyone had access to Facebook users’ data. Diachenko warns that the data could now be used for phishing or other cyber attacks.

After the databases were discovered, the server in question was attacked. All data has been removed and replaced with the record name “please_secure_your_servers”. However, it is still unclear who had access to the data.

Security researcher recommendation

To keep scraping of your own user data as low as possible, you should change all fields from “Friends” to “Only me” in Facebook’s privacy settings. You should also deactivate the fact that your own profile appears in external search engines.

Source: notebookcheck.com
Article image: Shutterstock / By welcomia


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