No matter how much security you have on your computer, many antivirus that you install, and never visit any dubious page, you always run the risk that a website is attacked where it has your data, and they are filtered to third parties. And here you are already screwed.
One of the news last week was the hacking of Facebook and the "theft" of personal data of more than 500 million users of the famous social platform. Haveibeenpwned has a copy of that leak, and you can check for free if your account is on the list.
Saturday already we comment that there had been an attack on the Facebook servers with the consequent leakage of personal data of more than 500 million of users. Almost nothing. Private data such as phone numbers, full names, and dates of birth. Now there is a way to check if any of your personal data was leaked in said attack.
Although the news has just been known these days, the attack happened a long time ago. At the beginning of 2020 a vulnerability was found that allowed to see the phone number linked to each Facebook account, creating a database that contained the information of 533 million users in all countries.
A few days ago a bot of Telegram that allowed users to consult the database for a very cheap price, allowing people to find the phone numbers linked to a large part of Facebook accounts. This obviously violates all privacy laws. Facebook confirmed the breach, but said it actually took place in 2019, not 2020.
Check if your personal data was leaked in the Facebook attack
haveibeenpwned.com has been made with a copy of the filtered data, allowing you to check for free if your account is in the list of leaked accounts.
- Sign in haveibeenpwned.com.
- Enter your email associated with Facebook.
- If your email was compromised, you will receive a advertisements to change the password and enable two-factor authentication. You can also scroll down the page to see if your email is listed in other data breaches from other websites.
- At the moment, it can only search for your email address, but it may be that in a few days you can also search for your phone number.
