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                 Over 500 Million Facebook Accounts Compromised

   Josh Centers

   Security researchers have discovered that an [1]attack in 2019 exposed
   the full names, dates of birth, email addresses, and phone numbers of
   533 million Facebook users around the world. (Did we miss Facebook
   informing us of this breach?) The stolen information was compiled into
   a database and tied into a Telegram bot that enabled criminals to query
   the database for a fee. Who says crime doesn't pay?

   To find out if you've been compromised by this or any other big hack,
   plug your email address into [2]Have I Been Pwned?. It will list any
   breaches you've been a victim of, along with recommendations on ways to
   protect yourself from future breaches, like using a password manager
   like 1Password to generate a strong, unique password for each account,
   enabling two-factor authentication, etc.

   The News Each Day has created a [3]more specific tool that lets you
   plug in your phone number to see if it's in the Facebook breach.

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