An unsecured Elasticsearch database exposed the identities and phone numbers of over 267 million Facebook users for about two weeks. The data is likely the result of an illegal scraping scheme carried out by cybercriminals operating in Vietnam, researchers say. Facebook has been attempting to clamp down on data leaks since the company was fined $5 billion in July by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. This is the second time since September that security researchers have found an unsecure database containing Facebook IDs as well as phone numbers from users’ accounts.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/database-left-267-million-facebook-ids-exposed-report-a-13535