Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number goes online after massive Facebook hack
A massive trove of hacked data from more than 500 million Facebook users was made easily accessible Saturday — including Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number, according to one security expert.
The information was initially stolen in January, after
hackers exploited a vulnerability related to phone numbers associated with
Facebook accounts, ultimately creating a massive database of private data.
On Saturday, the database became readily accessible to those
with basic data skills after it was posted to a hacker forum, according to
Bloomberg.
Facebook dismissed the data as “very old” but security
expert Dave Walker pointed out the company’s own CEO was victimized in the
hack.
“Regarding the #FacebookLeak, of the 533M people in the leak
– the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is regrettably included in the leak as
well. If journalists are struggling to get a statement from @facebook, maybe
just give him a call, from the tel in the leak?” he tweeted alongside a
screenshot of Zuckerberg’s name and information with the phone number partially
blacked out.
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