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1.5 Billion Facebook Users’ Personal Information Allegedly for Sale by Hackers
Personal information from roughly 1.5 billion worldwide Facebook users was allegedly put up for sale following a recent leak, reports Newsweek.
A member of a known forum for hackers claimed to be in possession of the information in late September, continues Newsweek, “and offered to sell it in chunks to others on the forum, according to a report from Privacy Affairs. One user claimed to have gotten a quote of $5,000 for the information of 1 million users.
“The user allegedly in possession of the leaked information claimed that it included the following for each Facebook account: name, email address, location, gender, phone number and user ID.”
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