Personal information of 61 lakh Indian Facebook users leaked online: Details here

A massive data leak of users on Facebook seems to have impacted over 500 million users across the globe. Out of all the users, around 6.1 million or 61 lakh users are Indian, according to a cybersecurity executive. The details were leaked online and were then posted on hacking forums. The data includes sensitive information such as names and phone numbers.

Alon Gal, co-founder and chief technical officer of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock claimed that personal data of 533 million Facebook users globally – including names, phone numbers and other details – was allegedly leaked online and posted for free on hacking forums.

According to a PTI report, Gal stated, “All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free. This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked,” Gal has said in a tweet flagging the issue.