The users who are new on the platform or the ones who have changed their key information in a time since the fix are not in a trouble, but for those users, who have been on the platform before this fix, this breach left those users vulnerable. One thing must be kept in mind that these personal details are not new. Prior to this year, cybercriminal forum was trying to use these details to sell access to the details like phone number which is linked to the account of Facebook. The co-founder of Hudson Rock told that leakage of personal details is worrisome and can be used in fraudulent activities by the bad actors, and no one is bound to use such details as they are free to use. Anyone who has low-level coding skills can get information about where it was hosted. As the people have already been alarmed with this leakage that their data can be used in hacking and scamming.
Facebook is going through such a difficult situation where it does not have a strong argument to defend itself, as, it is a reminder that it’s a huge amount of data that the company has been gathered from the users and how negligent it can be while protecting the personal details of its users. Facebook now apparently in a weak position to protect the data from getting into circulation. Hackers mostly use this information like date of birth, phone numbers, and names because this information cannot be changed and it does not even matter how old this information is, still, these it is valuable for scammers.

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