A hacker with access to a database of over 500 million Facebook profiles uses a Telegram bot to reveal a Facebook users’ phone number or the Facebook ID associated with a known phone number.
Facebook has more than 2.74 billion monthly active users as of late September 2020, and a new hack impacts the privacy of nearly a fifth of them. The hack itself isn’t new, as the security breach dates back to August 2019 when it was discovered that anyone could discover the phone number associated with a Facebook profile, or vice-versa. The vulnerability was fixed, but it just resurfaced in the most disturbing way. Somebody monetized a database of over 500 million Facebook users, and it’s now selling phone numbers for $20 via a Telegram bot. Buying in bulk will get you a much better deal. Today’s Top Deal Purell is still so hard to find in stores — but there are deep discounts at Amazon! List Price:$75.60 Price:$51.90 ($0.54 / Fl Oz) You Save:$23.70 (31%) Available from Amazon, BGR may receive a commission Buy Now Available from Amazon BGR may receive a commission Customers can use a person’s phone number via the automated Telegram bot, Motherboard reports. “The bot helps to find out the cellular phone numbers of Facebook users,” the bot says upon launch.
