A massive Saturday of data hacked by more than 500 million Facebook users became easily accessible on Saturday, including Mark Zuckerberg’s cell phone number, according to a security expert.
The information was initially stolen in January, after hackers exploited a vulnerability related to phone numbers associated with Facebook accounts, eventually creating a massive database of private data.
On Saturday, the database was made easily accessible to those with basic data skills after posting it on a hacker forum, according to Bloomberg.
Facebook dismissed the data as “very old,” but security expert Dave Walker noted that the company’s CEO himself was a victim of the hack.
“Referring to #FacebookLeak, of the 533 million people in the leak: the irony is that Mark Zuckerberg is also sadly included in the leak. If journalists have difficulty obtaining a statement @Facebook, maybe you just need to call him from the leak phone? ” he tweeted along with a screenshot of Zuckerberg’s name and information with the phone number partially turned off.