{"id":27947,"date":"2021-04-09T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/millions-of-facebook-users-data-published-what-now\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:43:10","slug":"millions-of-facebook-users-data-published-what-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/en\/millions-of-facebook-users-data-published-what-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of Facebook users&#8217; data published. What now?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27947\" class=\"elementor elementor-27947 elementor-22883\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf4ec4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcf4ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1db58c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1db58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1258a43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1258a43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de4e88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2de4e88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4982c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4982c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>09.04.2021<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8348bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8348bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Millions of Facebook users' data published. What now? \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb03842 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb03842\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d0988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91d0988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Telephone numbers in particular are affected by the incident, but also e-mail addresses, dates of birth and real names. The risks for companies and private individuals should not be underestimated. Learn what this means and how to find out if you&#8217;ve been affected.  <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85a5ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f85a5ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad2031 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fad2031\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8282d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8282d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What happened?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee744d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee744d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea6506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea6506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the beginning of April, data from about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/netzwelt\/daten-von-533-millionen-facebook-nutzern-veroeffentlicht-a-f0c7cf4e-fee8-4c30-bab6-cd641fe26d11\">533 million users of the social network &#8220;Facebook&#8221; were published on the Internet<\/a>. As security researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/the-facebook-phone-numbers-are-now-searchable-in-have-i-been-pwned\/\">Troy Hunt<\/a> describes on his blog, the primary value of the published data is the connection of phone numbers to the identity of people. Email addresses were affected much less frequently. Most of the data records contained names and gender, many also included date of birth, place of residence, relationship status and employer. While Facebook points out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Shepherd\/status\/1378398417450377222\">Twitter <\/a>that this is data from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/thema\/facebook\/\">incident in 2019<\/a> , other security researchers assume that more recent data is also included.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1dfa8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1dfa8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf4f09a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bf4f09a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82985c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a82985c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482032b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"482032b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f6a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5f6a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What does this mean for me?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5d6ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f5d6ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057f5b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"057f5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several scenarios in which cybercriminals can use this data. Below we present some of the most likely ones. <\/p><p>Criminals can use the information for <a href=\"http:\/\/52.57.197.213\/2022\/04\/26\/spam\/\">spam<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/52.57.197.213\/2022\/04\/22\/phishing\/\">phishing<\/a> campaigns \u2013 especially by phone, but also by email. In fact, phishing campaigns over the phone are not uncommon. Under false pretenses, the criminals try to obtain sensitive information or access by phone call (vishing) or SMS (smishing). Considering the leaked data \u2014 which includes date of birth, relationship status, and employment information \u2014 the messages may be accurate to you or you. tailored to your business. This means that in the message, the criminals will pretend to be your partner or employer, for example, or pretend to send you birthday wishes.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6237d73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6237d73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dde6dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9dde6dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dd0e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"02dd0e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d621d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16d621d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89904c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89904c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What risks does this pose in a business context?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae461d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fae461d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f04793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f04793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your company&#8217;s Facebook account (and associated data such as phone number) may be directly affected. Or you can also use the stolen private data in a business environment \u2013 for example, the private telephone in the home office or the personal e-mail address during evening overtime. <\/p><p>Criminals launch targeted and personalized phishing campaigns by phone (calls and SMS) or email. The aim may be to obtain sensitive company data (e.g. access data, payment information, business strategies), to obtain payments or to gain access to the company&#8217;s systems.<br>Your work email account and phone get lost in spam messages and calls. Relevant messages remain undetected or are only noticed with a time delay.<br>Automated calls make the phone ring briefly. Callbacks lead to cost traps that have to be borne by the company in the case of a business phone.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdadbd8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cdadbd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104dd95 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"104dd95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e5251 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6e5251\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1cf26c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1cf26c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee082fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee082fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What risks does this pose in a private context?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc25934 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc25934\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b46b6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b46b6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Primarily, this data breach will probably entail risks for you as a private individual. These are similar to business risks: <\/p><ul><li>Your personal email account and phone get lost in spam messages and calls.<\/li><li>Criminals launch targeted and personalized phishing campaigns by phone or email to obtain personal data (e.g., passwords, payment information, identity), obtain payments, or gain access to your systems.<\/li><li>Automated calls make the phone ring briefly. Recalls lead to cost traps. <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03f6e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a03f6e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b600db9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b600db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f622d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f622d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c1eeee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c1eeee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b305611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b305611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What can I do?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e889ec5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e889ec5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-335618c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"335618c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To check if your data has been published, we recommend that you visit the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\">Have I Been Pwnd<\/a>&#8221; website, where you can check your phone number and email address. Type it into a search box and press the &#8220;pwnd?&#8221; button. The results are published in English.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0960966 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0960966\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d008e5a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d008e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a860a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a860a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6924eb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6924eb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65f9402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65f9402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>If your data has been published, we recommend that you take the following steps:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530eecb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"530eecb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d44c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05d44c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Change the password to your Facebook account.<\/li><li>Set up <a href=\"https:\/\/de-de.facebook.com\/help\/148233965247823\">2FA authentication for your Facebook account<\/a> .<\/li><li>Watch out for any suspicious messages you receive on your phone. 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