Information was posted on searchable database by group that appeared to be based in Vietnam. FMTNews
WASHINGTON: Information on 267 million Facebook users, including user names, phone numbers and Facebook IDs, was exposed online, according to a cybersecurity researcher.
The Vietnamese group appeared to be charging for access to the data, but a flaw in their code inadvertently left the database open to all, he said. It wasn’t known if any of the user information was accessed or sold by the Vietnamese group. Diachenko partnered with Comparitech, a website that seeks to help consumers research and compare tech services, to uncover the exposed data.
He said he surmised that the group that was selling access to the information was from Vietnam because of the use of Vietnamese language and because the data – its type and structure – resembles that of other data breaches conducted by Vietnamese hackers.
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