There is just one very important action most of us are very lazy to carryout, which is synonymous to not changing your tooth brush after 3 months (some even 6 months).
And that is changing Your email password or Facebook Password, or ATM Card PIN or worst of all using same PIN or Password for more than One Year.
Attempts of Security compromised, Ransomware, Phishing attacks, and spoofing is alarming this days, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last month a hacker was selling 267 million Facebook user data on a dark web marketplace. Now, a hacker or call them a threat actor is claiming to have access to a database with 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries.
What’s worse is that the data is currently being sold on an infamous hacking forum.
As seen on the forum, the hacker has been offering the treasure trove of data since May 15th, 2020 and includes personal information such as,
Names
Gender
location
City name
Surnames
Actual job
Marital status
Mobile number
Email addresses
Facebook profile links
Furthermore, the hacker has divided the price of the data into three parts, for instance, $1500 per million, $450 per 100,000, and $30,000 for 500 million for the entire database. The listing also states that the information in the database was stolen between November 2019 to May 2020.
As for the users’ location and the number of data being offered, here is the full list:
So far it is unclear if the database has got any seller at all.
I advice you change your Facebook password immediately (as well as your email if you have not done that in the last 6 months)