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Were your details leaked in Facebook data breach?

clive
clive Posts: 19,455
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People can now enter their phone numbers into a website to see if they appeared in a recent Facebook data breach.

Details of more than 530 million people were leaked in a database online, largely consisting of mobile numbers.

People can use the Have I Been Pwned online tool to check if their numbers or emails were compromised.

Facebook says the data is from an “old” breach in 2019 but privacy watchdogs are now investigating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56650387

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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    That website is probably fake and is hoovering up all those they missed in the data breach.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    That website has been providing an amazing service completely free of charge for about ten years now, and is used by numerous threat Intel companies and products

    You're right to be paranoid a lot of the time... But not in this case 😊
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    That website has been providing an amazing service completely free of charge for about ten years now, and is used by numerous threat Intel companies and products

    You're right to be paranoid a lot of the time... But not in this case 😊
    I was joking. I doubt the BBC would publicise a fraudster. 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,449
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    That website has been providing an amazing service completely free of charge for about ten years now, and is used by numerous threat Intel companies and products

    You're right to be paranoid a lot of the time... But not in this case 😊
    How do you find out what sites etc if it says you have been pwned?
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    PrincessFiona said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    That website has been providing an amazing service completely free of charge for about ten years now, and is used by numerous threat Intel companies and products

    You're right to be paranoid a lot of the time... But not in this case 😊
    How do you find out what sites etc if it says you have been pwned?
    It's all listed. Give it a try 
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,107
    I use that website all of the time. My data has been compromised on a few occasions mostly notably through LinkedIn and MyFitnessPal. If your data has been compromised, just make sure you change passwords

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