Facebook sees a database with leaked user phone numbers

Facebook continues to have clear problems with security and privacy. Since a database owned by the social network has been filtered, in which we find millions of phone numbers of users of it. In total about 419 million users are affected in this regard due to this leak. So it makes clear that there are still problems on the social network.

Facebook sees a database with leaked user phone numbers

The social network is aware of the situation and this database has already been removed. It seems to have leaked in three countries, as several media have reported so far.

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Three countries were the ones that have mainly been affected by this leak on Facebook. According to data from a security researcher, there are 133 million in the United States, 50 million in Vietnam and 18 million in the United Kingdom. Also, some of the accounts and data belonged to famous people. The social network has already taken action.

Because they have confirmed that said database has already been completely eliminated. They also comment that none of the accounts has been compromised by this problem. Although this is something that could not be confirmed 100%.

Facebook continues to have problems in this regard. It is not the first scandal for the social network, which months ago received a huge fine precisely for its poor management of privacy and security. Although it seems that they still do not learn the lesson. Unfortunately, it surely won't be the latest scandal on your part.

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