{"id":54,"date":"2021-04-09T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateline.app\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:09:49","slug":"affected-by-facebook-data-leak-how-to-check-that-and-must-read-tips-to-stay-safe-and-private-when-using-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateline.app\/blog\/affected-by-facebook-data-leak-how-to-check-that-and-must-read-tips-to-stay-safe-and-private-when-using-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Affected by Facebook Data Leak? How to Check That and Must-Read Tips to Stay Safe and Private when Using Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world is \u201cshocked\u201d by Facebook recently because of its data leak issue that 533 million Facebook users\u2019 data have been leaked. That\u2019s not the first time for Facebook to suffer from such a scandal because Facebook had acknowledged data breach as early as 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of a fact, it\u2019s more or less meaningless to check the Facebook leak list because you only need to know if you\u2019re one of the 533 million users. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Facebook Data Leak Issue?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Facebook leak issue refers to the event that more than 500 million Facebook users\u2019 data have been leaked through the Facebook application. Victim users cover 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users from the US, 11 million on users in the UK and 6 million on users in India. The leaked data include users\u2019 Facebook IDs, full names, locations, dates of births, bios, email addresses, phone numbers, relationship statuses, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Would You Suffer from if You Were Among Facebook Data Leak Users?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you were among Facebook users suffering from data leak, you would suffer from the following results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spam Calls or Emails<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Most of Facebook users register for Facebook accounts through their personal phone numbers. Once their phone numbers are leaked, much of your online information can be hacked easily. You may receive millions of spam calls whose marketing products are not what you need or want. If your email address is used to register for your Facebook account, what you\u2019ll receive will be spam emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identity Theft<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once you suffered from Facebook data leak, your Facebook account would be easily hacked and your account password would be got. As a result, your other accounts on the Internet might be hacked without any efforts if the same password or easy passwords have been used on all your accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malicious Links<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once your Facebook data got leaked, hackers would be able to send you malicious links to steal more of your private information. Worse still, you may be tricked into transferring money to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Check if You\u2019re Affected by Facebook Leak?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a simple way to know if you\u2019ve been a victim of Facebook leak issue. Enter the website \u201cHaveIBeenPwned<\/a>\u201d and you\u2019ll be able to know if you\u2019ve been one of the 533 million users of Facebook by providing your phone number or email address that is linked with your Facebook account. Besides Facebook account, you are also allowed to check if you\u2019re a victim of other leak issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This website is established by Troy Hunt<\/a>, a Microsoft Regional Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBut you could notify the hackers that you do not want your data in the set and demand that they remove it, referring them to the General Data Protection Regulation. You should have a good case.\u201d \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/GdxR2YtrUe<\/a><\/p>— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) April 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>