Personal information, phone numbers of over 553 million FB users leaked online: Report

personal details of several Facebook users were recently hacked by "a user in a low-level hacking forum" on Saturday. According to American cybercrime intelligence firm— Hudson Rock which first reported issue, "personal information of over 553 million FB users from 106 countries has been leaked online."
 
CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm, Alon Gal was quoted by a leing US news portal as saying "This is a massive database that hackers have got access to. A database of such a size with private information such as phone numbers of several FB users is likely to benefit hackers who would n perform social engineering attacks". This data that has been posted on various social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook, can be used by hackers across world to impersonate an individual or scam m into sharing ir login credentials.
 
32 million FB users from US, 11mn users from UK, and 6mn users from India on list

Details like Facebook IDs, full names, birthdates, bios, and email dresses of 32 million FB users from US, 11 million users from UK and 6 million users from India, are also included in list of 553 million accounts that have been hacked. While  Facebook is yet to make a comment on development, this is second such incident in less than a year, where details of FB users were hacked.

 
Last year in September 2019, reports emerged from across world revealing presence of a server on Facebook that h over 400 million records of users with database including ir personal information. Facebook since n restricted access to phone numbers of users, however, recent hacking attempt by unkwn groups/individuals can disclose phone numbers of any user from list of 553 million FB users.
 
Gal expressing grave concern over matter, said "When people sign up to a reputable company like Facebook, y trust m with ir data, and Facebook is supposed to treat this information with utmost respect. This attempt to leak information of so many FB users online is a huge breach of trust and must be handled accordingly."