- Mark Zuckerberg’s personal information is apparently among the information posted on a hacking forum.
- A cyber researcher said that co-founders of Facebook also exposed their information.
- Insider’s Aaron Holmes earlier reported the leak, which affected more than 500 million users.
The cell phone number of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook is, according to the researcher, one of the personal information leaked online in a low-level hacking forum.
Several stores have reported the allegations about Zuckerberg’s leaked personal information. The Sun said the data, including his name, location and marriage details, date of birth and Facebook user ID, was exposed.
Aaron Holmes of Insider reported earlier on the leak, which posted the personal information of more than 500 million Facebook users on the forum.
Cyber researcher Dave Walker said Zuckerberg, as well as Facebook Inc co-founder Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz, were among the 533 million users who posted personal data on the forum.
“Regarding the #FacebookLek“of the 533 million people in the leak – the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is also regrettably included in the leak,” Walker tweeted.
When Insider contacted Facebook on Sunday, a spokesman said: ‘This is old data that was reported in 2019. We found and rectified this issue in August 2019. ‘ They did not comment on reports of Zuckerberg’s information.
However, Holmes reports that the free posting of the entire dataset on the hacking forum can now make it widely available to anyone with rudimentary data skills. In his report, Alon Gal, CTO of the cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, was quoted as saying first discovered the entire trough of leaked data online on Saturday.
Previous intrusions on Facebook’s privacy include the Cambridge Analytica saga which is well known. In that case, personal data of more than 87 million Facebook users was improperly obtained by the political data analytics firm.
Facebook was hit with a $ 5 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement over the claim that the company mishandled user data.
The company has promised to limit data breaches. In a post on his website in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, he said he would take action against possible past abuse and put in place stronger protection to prevent future abuse.