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Contact Details Of 533 Mn FB Users On Sale Via Telegram Bot: Report

Going by the report in Vice Media’s Motherboard, phone numbers of over 533 million Facebook users are up for sale by a Telegram bot. Security researcher Alon Gal highlighted the problem and stated that the bot contained information of different users belonging to the US, Canada, the UK, and 16 other countries. Though the data collected were outdated, cyber-security experts still fear the risk of a huge data breach.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 - 04:51 PM / by Richa Nigam

Tags: Telegram, Facebook, Privacy, United States, Canada, Motherboard

Courtesy: Tribune India