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breaking news !!! Over 53 crore Facebook users data leaked from facebook phone numbers, FB IDs, locations, birth dates and more

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS Data of Facebook users from 106 countries has been leaked.It includes phone numbers, full names, locations, birth dates, Facebook IDs, bio's, and in some cases, email addresses.

In fresh trouble for Mark Zuckerberg, the personal information of more than 533 million (53.3 crore) Facebook users from 106 countries have leaked online. This information includes phone numbers, full names, locations, birth dates, Facebook IDs, bio's, and in some cases, email addresses - as discovered by cybersecurity researcher Alon Gal.

Last year in December, some reports surfaced that a bug exposed the personal information like email addresses and birthdays of Instagram users. Saugat Pokharel, an experienced bug hunter from Nepal, discovered the bug. The attack used Facebook's Business Suite tool, available to any Facebook business account, reported The Verge.

"A researcher reported an issue where, if someone was a part of a small test we ran in October for business accounts, personal information of the person they were messaging could have been revealed," the company spokesperson had said.

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