Facebook Leak Exposes 267 Million Users' Names, Phone Numbers on Dark Web
A massive data leak from Facebook has exposed the names, personal IDs, and phone numbers of 267 million users most of them American on the dark web, according to reports.
The IDs, phone numbers and full names of 267 million users, most of which reside in the US, were discovered on an unsecured database on the dark web.
Although it is not yet clear how the sensitive information was exposed, experts speculate the database was compiled through an illegal process called scraping where automated bots copy public information from Facebook profiles.
Access to the database has since been removed, however, the records were available to anyone online for two weeks before the leak was discovered.
In a statement to theDaily Mail, a Facebook representative tried to reassure the public that the leak occurred before new security measures had been put in place.
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