Personal Information of More Than 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum

The private and personal information of over 1.5 billion Facebook users is being sold on a popular hacking-related forum, potentially enabling cybercriminals and unscrupulous advertisers to target Internet users globally. This constitutes the biggest and most significant Facebook data dump to date. It is seemingly unrelated to an earlier 2021 Facebook data dump, where 500 million users were affected. In late September 2021, a user of a known hacker forum posted an announcement claiming to possess the personal data of more than 1.5 billion Facebook users. The data is currently up for sale on the respective forum platform, with potential…