![]() ![]() Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account ![]() Rachel Tobac, an ethical hacker and CEO of SocialProof Security, told CNN, “These are the pieces of data cyber criminals spend time searching for to perform social engineering attacks (a type of hacking) - but now they’re all in one place and easily accessible in this leak, which makes social engineering quicker and easier.” Hudson Rock’s Alon Gal pointed out on Twitter that the way the data was sorted and posted on the hacking site this week makes it far more accessible for criminals to exploit. ![]() Stone added, “In 2019, we removed people’s ability to directly find others using their phone number across both Facebook and Instagram - a function that could be exploited using sophisticated software code, to imitate Facebook and provide a phone number to find which users it belonged to.”Īlthough this data is from 2019 it could still be of value to hackers and cyber criminals like those who engage in identify theft. We found and fixed this issue in August 2019,” Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told CNN Saturday.įacebook did not say if it notified affected users at the time. “This is old data that was previously reported on in 2019. The leak was first reported by the news website Insider. Hudson Rock showed CNN Business the phone numbers of two our senior staff which are included in the database. There are records for more than 32 million accounts in the United States, 11 million in the United Kingdom, and 6 million in India, according to Alon Gal, the CTO of cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock.ĭetails in some cases include full name, location, birthday, email addresses, phone number, and relationship status, he said. Or maybe you are just tired of sharing everything so publicly.The personal information of about half a billion Facebook users, including their phone numbers, have been posted to a website used by hackers, cybersecurity experts say. Of course, this is a drastic course of action but something like online bullying could force your hand (in which case, you should seek support). To really ensure your privacy, there is always the option to leave Facebook entirely. As Facebook states, this option can take a while to come into effect so don't panic if it seems like you are still coming up on search engines. A simple tick box option is all it takes to really shut your Facebook profile off from the world wide web. Again, select the friends option for the strictest level of privacy.įinally, you can choose whether search engines such as Bing and Google can link to your Timeline. The same options can be specified for your phone number (if you entered one into Facebook). With friends enabled, only friends can look you up using your email address. The "Who can look me up?" options group allows you to tailor your privacy in this regard. Sometimes you may want to limit who can look up your Facebook profile. Doing so should keep random messages from strangers at bay. Switch it from basic filtering to strict filtering to only see messages from friends in your inbox. In case you want to stop getting inbox messages from people you aren't Facebook friends with, you can use the message-filtering option under "Who can contact me?". Hit the "activity log" button and you can then use the pen edit button to delete specific entries you no longer wish to share. If there is a post you want to limit the visibility of, the "Review all your posts and things you're tagged in" setting located below allows you to do just that. You can also block lists you are a part of, such as a school network. Custom allows you to select specific options including "Don't share with", meaning you can pick a specific Facebook friend or friends you no longer wish to share posts with. Alternatively you can select "only me" if you want only yourself to see what you post, or click "Custom". ![]()
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