Published on 06:51 PM, April 06, 2021

Bytes

Mark Zuckerberg's personal information leaked in recent FB data breach

The recently leaked personal information of billions of Facebook users around the world includes information about Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to The Sun. According to a report in the UK tabloid, Zuckerberg's name, place of residence, marital status, date of birth, Facebook user ID and phone number were exposed in the recent leak that affected more than 500 million Facebook users worldwide, including 3 million Facebook users from Bangladesh.

The information was leaked to a low-level cybersecurity forum. The leaked information includes users' phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, dates of birth and resumes. Many users e-mail IDs have also been allegedly leaked.

Meanwhile, Facebook also issued a statement on Monday where the company claims that this was an old issue and had already been fixed.

"This is old information, a report was made in 2019. We identified the problem in August 2019 and fixed it, " said a Facebook spokesperson.