"The future is private." https://t.co/DzUHRzGM5Z
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) September 4, 2019
There were several databases on the exposed server containing 419 million records — including 133 million on U.S.-based Facebook users and 18 million on U.K. users.
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) September 4, 2019
I asked Facebook for comment yesterday with a deadline of 12pm PT today. I got a reply at 11:59 am.
Unsurprising.
Exclusive: Millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found in an exposed database. Facebook says the data was historically scraped but the phone numbers we tested were still valid. https://t.co/7cHjDf6Qhk
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) September 4, 2019
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online.
— Lauren Weinstein (@laurenweinstein) September 4, 2019
The exposed server contained over 419 million records. - https://t.co/smLqbDJjjw pic.twitter.com/MStB9ipOgA
Unsecured database found with 419M+ records, each with Facebook ID and account's phone number, some with users' names; FB says info was scraped over a year ago: https://t.co/KJUOhTziPn via @TechCrunch
— Stephen Gillett (@stephengillett) September 4, 2019
I'm sure no one will ever attack SMS to own these accounts https://t.co/wQXGhzeZqJ
— Lucky225?✸ (@lucky225) September 4, 2019
Another data breach at #Facebook. 419 million records including 18 million UK users has been discovered online, the server was not password protected....
— Stuart Anderson (@S_Anderson1974) September 4, 2019
#databreach #cybersecurity #dataprotection #gdprhttps://t.co/rFQ0E6xKoh
Oh boy... “A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online” https://t.co/CknjMQdGXD
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) September 5, 2019
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found onlinehttps://t.co/uC8MJ8tavp
— Cyber Protect (@CyberProtectUK) September 5, 2019
If you ever shared your phone number with Facebook, there’s a good chance it’s now available on the internet, as hundreds of numbers tied to user IDs have been exposed. https://t.co/eUtNU4KLhq
— DHH (@dhh) September 4, 2019
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to @Facebook accounts have been found online: https://t.co/OPlC4OWbzm
— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) September 4, 2019
Great example of third party risk: 419 million records with phone numbers found in an exposed database. Facebook used to allow access to phone number data, but restricted it last year. Unfortunately, you can't get that data back... (via @zackwhittaker)https://t.co/7i3ZxWfBEh pic.twitter.com/lO1xiKUorP
— Jake Williams (@MalwareJake) September 5, 2019
Funny how Facebook says a lot of the exposed user phone numbers are "duplicates". https://t.co/l3cYljh3Wu
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) September 5, 2019
A spokesperson told me background that only 217 million are affected. But that's just one database — see below. There's a lot more data — and little evidence of duplication. pic.twitter.com/f0AFecUS2y
"The exposed server contained more than 419 million records over several databases...including 133 million records on U.S.-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the U.K., and another with more than 50 million records on users in Vietnam."
— Matt Odell (@matt_odell) September 5, 2019
https://t.co/yme9A3YsYM
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. #dataprotection https://t.co/XmrDnXdBCe pic.twitter.com/q5t9ByHSpH
— Access Now (@accessnow) September 5, 2019
A huge database of #Facebook users’ phone numbers containing hundreds of millions of records found online on a misconfigured server:#databreach
— Sam Stepanyan (@securestep9) September 5, 2019
https://t.co/kC0SjzRRuy
If you thought Twitter’s breach of phone numbers was bad, Facebook is the biggest fraudster imaginable. Nothing is protected the way FB promises.
— Chey Cobb, cissp, lsmft, iirtplayn (@chey_cobb) September 5, 2019
Lies on top of lies.
Why do you keep trusting FB, People?@thespybrief https://t.co/n0g7Hm4XVy
Security problems at Facebook? Please take me to the fainting couch.
— Bjørn Larssen, storyteller & peaceful Viking ???? (@bjornlarssen) September 4, 2019
(This is why Zuck is not getting my phone number. I'm safer *without* two-factor auth.)https://t.co/MhAulmKvAS
Cos 419 Million people have changed the mobile number in the past few years. Facebook hate their users. "A Facebook spokesperson said that the data had been scraped prior to when Facebook cut off access to phone numbers, calling the dataset 'old.'" https://t.co/SN2twBNJo3
— Damïeñ Múlley ¸ (@damienmulley) September 5, 2019
I really am about -> <- that close to ditching FB all together. --> Hundreds of Millions of Phone Numbers From Facebook Accounts Leaked Online https://t.co/BZHHWyEL1X
— Jason Durden (@JasonDurdenWSB) September 4, 2019
Facebook’s security lapse exposes over 400M phone numbers - 9to5Mac https://t.co/726H1UzEzc#Cybersecurity #cybercrime #cyberattacks #hacker #hack #breach #phishing #dos #ransomware #malware #virus #apt #pii #nist #fcc #finra #hipaa #pci pic.twitter.com/CVpvv9rlb2
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) September 4, 2019