Cyber News reports1 “WhatsApp data leak: 500 million user mobile phone numbers records for sale”
EIGHTY-FOUR (84) COUNTRIES; FIVE HUNDRED MILLION USERS:2 “GLOBAL IMPACT MASSIVE DATA BREACH”
EGY. (45m Users) | FRA. (20m Users) | GBR. (11m Users)
HKG. (3m Users) | ITA. (35m Users) | RUS. (10m Users)
SAU. (29m Users) | TUR. (20m Users) | USA. (32m Users)
Not Good News for WhatsApp parent company Meta has not yet responded publicly to the breach.
FOR SALE 500 MILLION 2022 UP-TO-DATE MOB No’s “YOURS”
An actor posted an ad on a well-known hacking community forum, claiming they were selling a 2022 database of WhatsApp user mobile numbers.
Cybernews investigated all the numbers included in the sample and managed to confirm that all of them are, in fact, WhatsApp users.
Leaked phone numbers could be used for marketing purposes, phishing, impersonation, and fraud.
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