Personal data, including the phone numbers of more than 533 million Facebook users, has been leaked to the Internet

The personal data of more than 533 million Facebook users has been leaked to the Internet, including the phone number, Facebook IDs, full name, location, date of birth, bio notes and email address of the business insider website. Points out.

The data is believed to be more than a year old, but security experts say the information could still be used by criminals to create fake accounts.

The leaked users include 32 million users in the United States, 11 million in the UK and 6 million in India, including users in 106 countries around the world.

A Facebook spokesperson commented that this was old data previously reported in 2019 and that they had fixed the issue in August 2019.

However, to find out if your data has been leaked to the Internet by this data breach, go to the Firefox monitor or haveibeenpwned websites, enter the email you used for Facebook and click the "check for breaches" button to enter your data into this database. Have the ability to see if it is included.

However, since the user's password is not exposed to the Internet through this data leak, it is wise to use a strong password and be aware of what can happen, even if the account is not at risk of being hacked.

You can read more about using a strong password and protecting your online accounts in this article.

The most important thing to be aware of is the potential for fraudulent accounts created in the name of you or your friends, and any such messages that may come in the future.

This is not the first time Facebook users' data has been leaked to the internet and Facebook has had to deal with similar issues several times before.

Also in 2018, Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, was found to have collected the personal data of millions of Facebook users, and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Facebook $ 5 billion in July 2019 for data privacy violations. Action has been taken to prescribe.