An old Facebook leak resurfaced yesterday, after a user of the Raid forum claim that the list with data from more than 530 million accounts, which until then was sold by Telegram, would be available for consultation by internet users. The information, which was previously sold for US$200 (approximately R$1.200), can be accessed in exchange for forum credits. But how do you know if your data has been leaked? One option is this site, in which you enter your FB account email.
The information that the forum users had obtained the list sold on Telegram was released on Twitter by the CEO of the security company Hudson Rock, Alon Gal, who claims to have obtained a copy of the leaks. It was reportedly divided into 160 files. He even published some prints with the databases, however, there are no links to purchase the content. The executive was one of those responsible for alerting about the leak and sale of the data, in January 2021.
https://twitter.com/UnderTheBreach/status/1378314424239460352
Facebook claims data is out of date
Despite the scandal, Facebook claims that the leaked data has already been corrected by most users. Thus, contrary to what Alon Gal claims, the company stated that the data would be older, dating back to before 2019.
Another leak for Brazilians
Although Facebook user data is available on the internet, things are even more complicated for us Brazilians. The eight million Brazilians affected by the FB leak probably also had their data leaked by other sources, since 220 million Brazilians had information such as CPFs, bank numbers and other sensitive data leaked. exposed on the internet through a Serasa security breach in 2020.
How the data was leaked is still under investigation. However, most experts' advice is that the users avoid checking whether their information has been leaked providing your CPF number or even your cell phone number to strange accounts and platforms. Such measures only make your identity more fragile.
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