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Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.
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In January, Motherboard reported on a Telegram bot that offered to sell the phone number linked to specific Facebook users, and claimed to have an underlying database of 500 million accounts. It included the phone number of someone who deliberately takes steps to try and keep that information private, Motherboard found. In March, a data trader then dumped that dataset on a low-level hacking forum, Business Insider reported. The 500m dataset was created by attackers exploiting an issue with Facebook's address book contacts import feature.Do you work at Facebook, or know about another data breach? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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