Re:Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13M Records
by PragmaticPulp on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:02AM
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To clarify, this was not a Facebook data breach. The hackers tricked people into entering their usernames and passwords with a fake login form on a different website:
> the first group were tricked into handing over their account log-ins by a fake app promising to reveal who had recently visited their profile.
The claim of 13 million records also seems misleading. The article says they have 150-200K logins. The number of "records" seems to be a measure of rows multiplied by the number of data points (columns).
> Among the 5.5GB haul discovered by vpnMentor on September 21, was 150,000-200,000 Facebook usernames and passwords, and personal info including emails, names and phone numbers for hundreds of thousands who had fallen victim to a Bitcoin scam.
> the first group were tricked into handing over their account log-ins by a fake app promising to reveal who had recently visited their profile.
The claim of 13 million records also seems misleading. The article says they have 150-200K logins. The number of "records" seems to be a measure of rows multiplied by the number of data points (columns).
> Among the 5.5GB haul discovered by vpnMentor on September 21, was 150,000-200,000 Facebook usernames and passwords, and personal info including emails, names and phone numbers for hundreds of thousands who had fallen victim to a Bitcoin scam.