{"id":547,"date":"2021-04-05T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=547"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:28:13","slug":"facebook-leak-irish-regulator-probes-old-data-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/facebook-leak-irish-regulator-probes-old-data-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook leak: Irish regulator probes ‘old’ data dump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A data leak involving personal details of hundreds of millions of Facebook users is being reviewed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone numbers, locations and other facts about more than 530 million people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Facebook says the data is “old”, from a previously-reported leak in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the Irish DPC said it will work with Facebook, to make sure that is the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ireland’s regulator is critical to such investigations, as Facebook’s European headquarters is in Dublin, making it an important regulator for the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The most recent data dump appears to contain the entire compromised database from the previous leak, which Facebook said it found and fixed more than a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the dataset has now been published for free in a hacking forum, making it much more widely available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It covers 533 million people in 106 countries, according to researchers who have viewed the data. That includes 11 million Facebook users in the UK and more than 30 million Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Not every piece of data is available for every user, but the large scale of the leak has prompted concern from cyber-security experts.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC News<\/p>\n

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