An enormous database of Fb customers’ telephone numbers discovered on-line

Masses of hundreds of thousands of telephone numbers related to Fb accounts were discovered on-line. The uncovered server contained greater than 419 million data over a number of databases on customers throughout geographies, together with 133 million data on U.S.-based Fb customers, 18 million data of customers within the U.Okay…
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies, including 133 million records on U.S.-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the U.K…

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