The data was hacked on over 553 million Facebook users leaked online on weekends, including names, birth dates, the relationship status of a Facebook user, the city where they live, their place of work and sometimes even email addresses. But the most sensitive data included in leaks is undoubtedly phone numbers, which are often used for two-factor authentication. And now there’s a way to easily check if your phone number is leaked – at least if you live in the US
Website The news every day has a simple tool in which you can enter your phone number and see if it is leaking. Gizmodo tested the tool against data from the actual Facebook leak and found it to be correct. For example, we tested Mark Zuckerberg’s phone number, which is included in the leak. Went. (We assume Zuck has changed his phone number so far.)
All you have to do to check is enter your phone number without hyphens or dots. You must also include the international country code at the beginning. For example, if you are used to seeing your phone number on this form, 555-212-0000, you should skip the hyphens and add the number “one” in front.
Using the same fake number above, the number you entered should look like this: 15552120000. If you include a variant that is different from the string, the tool will falsely tell you that your number is not included in leaks. In reality, it could be very good.
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Facebook didn’t say much about the leaks, accept that the information was hacked in 2019. The data was offered in hacking forums at a price two years ago, but what makes the difference between this weekend’s leak is that the data was now filtered for free. Anyone can find the 16 GB of data with a simple Google search.