Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records

Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by akritrime on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:34AM (#25112925)

So I am always curious, are there any laws that makes it mandatory to expose a data dump whenever you come across one or it depends on the goodness of their heart to report it? I guess even if there is a law like that, it would be hard to enforce.

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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by PragmaticPulp on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:04AM (#25113261)

This wasn't a Facebook data breach. The attackers used a phishing attack to trick users into entering their Facebook login and password into a different site.

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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by ketralnis on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:11PM (#25115698)

I think GP is trying to ask, why do we ever see these dumps at all? Why don't the attackers keep them to themselves?

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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by webmaven on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:32AM (#25136496)

> I think GP is trying to ask, why do we ever see these dumps at all? Why don't the attackers keep them to themselves?

In this case, the scammers failed to secure their own data, and researchers found the breach through unspecified means.

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Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records by kordlessagain on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:52PM (#25114741)

The previous comment never indicated it was. Facebook sucks.

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