![]() ![]() The seller commented they are willing to cooperate with administrators of the forum to prove the authenticity of the data. Update – 5 October: The forum seller has today responded and denied the scam accusations, continuing to claim that the data is real. Joe Osborne, a Facebook spokesman, commented to Newsweek, “We’re investigating this claim and have sent a takedown request to the forum that’s advertising the alleged data.” It is possible the thread was taken down due to a request by Facebook: The forum poster and alleged seller however was not banned (usually what happens when scam allegations turn out to be true). Update – 6 October: The thread advertising the claimed data scrape has disappeared from the hacker forum. ![]() If authentic, this may constitute one of the biggest and most significant Facebook data dump to date. The private and personal information of over 1.5 billion Facebook users is allegedly being sold on a popular hacking-related forum, potentially enabling cybercriminals and unscrupulous advertisers to target Internet users globally.
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