Hacker using Telegram bot to sell Facebook users' data

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The bot holds information on more than 500 million Facebook users

A hacker is using a Telegram bot to sell Facebook users' phone numbers, or the Facebook IDs linked with a known phone number. Alon Gal, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, who first re...

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