Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data from 14M People

Re:Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data from 1... by teovoinea on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:22PM (#18204433)

I have been affected, quoting text:

Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue?

Yes. Based on what we've learned so far in our investigation, attackers accessed the following Facebook account information:

    Name.
    Email addresses.
    Phone number.

Based on what we've learned so far in our investigation, the attackers did not gain access to certain information, such as:

    Account passwords.
    Payment card or credit card information.

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Re:Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data from 1... by thomasahle on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:51PM (#18204626)

Mine continues:

Additionally, the attackers also accessed other account information, including:

- The following information associated with your Facebook account:

    - Username.
    - Date of birth.
    - Gender.

 - Types of the devices you've used to access Facebook.
 - The language you choose to use Facebook in.

 - If you previously added this specific information to your Facebook account, it was also accessed:

    - Relationship status.
    - Religion.
    - Hometown.
    - Current city.
    - Work.
    - Education.
    - Website.

 - The 10 most recent locations you've checked in to or been tagged in. These locations are determined by the places named in the posts, such as a landmark or restaurant, not location data from a device.

 - The 15 most recent searches you've entered into the Facebook search bar.

 - People or Pages you follow on Facebook.

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Re:Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data from 1... by robinwassen on Friday October 12, 2018 @05:49PM (#18204965)

Had the same list as you, I was just happy it did not mention Messenger since that would be accessing truly private data.

The data you listed is semi-public in my case.

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Re:Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data from 1... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday October 13, 2018 @07:04AM (#18207410)

There's lots of "verification" data there, and lots of info to make convincing phishing attempts. That's serious juju.

Like if I say "I'm calling from Samsung about your SMA500FU, phone number #####, ..." that gives me a lot of trust for a phish.

I wonder, say, how many phones I could get by mailing people an envelope saying their phone was at risk of exploding, sending corresponding texts, etc..

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