Approx more than half a billion facebook users have had their data hacked the data included full names, phone, numbers, dates of birth, and email addresses and it was found on a website trading information for hackers.
But why would hackers want this kind of data. You know? One of the biggest data hacks of recent years even is mark Zuckerberg's data was leaked, in a statement facebook said the leaked information was old and came from a problem, it had resolved in recent years so no need to worry, Even the hack was about some years ago a lot of this information is still valid i mean people don't change their date of birth and rarely change their email address right? so that makes it very valuable for hackers with this they have all kinds of information they can use to impersonate you answer your security questions and log into your accounts.
what happens when you forget your password well most of the time a website will ask for your security code this could be your mother's maiden name or even your date of birth exactly the kind of information that got leaked. hackers can use this information to answer your security questions reset your password and get access to your sensitive accounts
They can use that for identity fraud theft or blackmail so with your phone number hackers can send you some messages pretending to be from your bank or tap into your SMS network to get access to two-factor authentication and use that to reset the password on your account.
sms really isn't a very secure communication network and security experts recommend not to follow links sent there even worse is when data leaks include passwords.
let's be honest guys, how many of you use the same password for everything or have a number of passwords that you alternate between well if your email and password gets leaks from an insecure website what would hackers be able to access my data was leaked a few years ago and i still get messages from the manufacturer telling me that people are trying to log into my phone remotely thankfully it hasn't worked so far. but it doesn't cost hackers very much to try there are websites selling personal information for as little as 5 cents you can find out if your data has been leaked by sum unofficial websites and entering your email address.
My main email address hasn't been pwned but the email i used for registering andand for normal sites for was five times pwned this is why it's important to use different passwords and email addresses for secure information.
what can you do to avoid being scammed for one always be very suspicious when receiving sms, emails or text messages that ask you to click on a link chances are high that you might download malware this way or it could be a phishing scam and regularly.
Guy's, check if your emails have been pawned. if so, change your password and make it a safe Account.
