CERT-In has directed Facebook users to secure their profile information on the social networking platform after it was flagged that personal data of 533 million Facebook users globally, including details of 6.1 million users from India, has been allegedly leaked online and posted for free on hacking forums.
Following this, government’s cyber security organisation had put out an alert informing users that globally there has been a large scale leakage of Facebook profile information. The leaked information included email addresses, profile ID, full name, job occupation, phone numbers and birth date.
According to Facebook, the scraped information does not include financial information, health information or passwords.
