Data of 1.5 billion people is sold to hackers forum

[Guest]

I just remembered an old fb game I used to play has a forum website, I’m gonna to check it out and see how many people are freaking out. Lol

[Wixson 5,004]

I don't even care, tbh. It's not like our info hasn't been available for years now. 

[Chromatislaps 34,854]

Im not sure if this tool helps, but you can probably see at some point if you have been compromised here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

[Chromatislaps 34,854]

9 minutes ago, Tinnitus15 said:

Yeah..rumours are that it’s gone and the servers are for sale 

 

if that is true, Facebook, inc is over

[StrawberryBlond 15,555]

I just found an article here that was only posted a short while ago saying that the outage was likely caused by an internal error, or more specifically, "a globalized BGP configuration issue," not a malicious attack and it's currently being fixed although we don't know how long that will take. FB's director of communications said service will resume as soon as possible. A cybersecurity specialist also said there's a small chance it could be a cyber attack but seems far more likely to be DNS/configuration related and that's all:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10058203/Verizon-T-Mobile-T-leaving-thousands-without-mobile-internet-phone-services.html

I'm hoping and praying this is the case as that means all these people's info is safe and site functions will all resume eventually.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I just found an article here that was only posted a short while ago saying that the outage was likely caused by an internal error, or more specifically, "a globalized BGP configuration issue," not a malicious attack and it's currently being fixed although we don't know how long that will take. FB's director of communications said service will resume as soon as possible. A cybersecurity specialist also said there's a small chance it could be a cyber attack but seems far more likely to be DNS/configuration related and that's all:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10058203/Verizon-T-Mobile-T-leaving-thousands-without-mobile-internet-phone-services.html

I'm hoping and praying this is the case as that means all these people's info is safe and site functions will all resume eventually.

They could also just be saying this to calm people down. But let’s hope that’s true. 

[Rahrahbitchson 23,167]

I feel scary, what is going on?

Are the nudes through whatsapp compromise? 

[Anderson123 42,652]

They have our nud*s from WhatsApp and Instagram.

[Dennis 8,391]

Lol good thing I use a very outdated email for my facebook. The one when I created when I was a child. They'll find nothing contoversial on it 

[RahrahWitch 6,985]

Oh sh*t, I was laughing but this just got serious 

[StrawberryBlond 15,555]

@Tinnitus15 Are you sure the source you posted was credible? I've never heard of it and it's not a newspaper. What's coming in now from actual news sites about it being a technical issue seems far more believable. I'd be far more likely to trust what the big names in media are saying as opposed to these small enterprises. I just saw something get announced on the news about it being down as well. Maybe this source posted inaccurate information and everyone just ran with it?

9 minutes ago, Pikachu said:

They could also just be saying this to calm people down. But let’s hope that’s true. 

I wondered that too but then FB won't want to get sued if it turns out the worst happened and they intentionally lied to us. I think we fell into the trap of believing the first thing we see online without stopping to consider the validity of the source. Trust what the big name news outlets are saying, not the smaller names.

[Cruelty 6,173]

Yeah the NYT is quoting Facebook internal memos that say it's highly unlikely to be a cyberattack. This thread explains that it's basically a case of Facebook locking their car keys inside the car: 

 

[Nemo 4,410]

1 hour ago, Blackout19 said:

what? this makes me happy if we don't have anymore social media

Twitter is still up.

52 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

?? I don’t use facebook but if you hate social media so much, then deactivate. what’s this shared misery you wanna impose on everyone else?

well ya see, some people have this idea that social media, and facebook in particular, are like... a malevolent influence on the society in which we all have to live.

personally i see it as more of a mixed bag

[Celloo Deng 56,310]

Which intern at Facebook did this 

[dollardays 4,195]

46 minutes ago, Chromatislaps said:

Im not sure if this tool helps, but you can probably see at some point if you have been compromised here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Omg it says I was compromised and one of the breaches was on littlemonsters.com