Breachesby GlyphDisclosed Feb 22, 202477,267 accountsUnverified
In February 2024, 200k Facebook Marketplace records allegedly obtained from a Meta contractor in October 2023 were posted to a popular hacking forum . The data contained 77k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, Facebook profile IDs and geographic locations. The data also contained bcrypt password hashes, although there is no indication these belong to the corresponding Facebook accounts.
What is known
| People affected | 77,267 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Feb 22, 2024 |
| Happened | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | EmailsLocationNamesPasswordsPhone numbers |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
Notices filed
Other breaches at Facebook
Twelve 2018 Facebook breach notifications; Irish DPC fine of EUR 17MTechUSMar 15, 2022Scraped dataset of 533M Facebook users posted online; Irish DPC fine of EUR 265MScraping exposed dates of birth, emails, employment records, location data, names and phone numbers.Scraping533M affectedTechUSApr 3, 2021Exposed server holds 419 million records linking Facebook IDs to phone numbersScraping exposed phone numbers.ScrapingTechUSUnverifiedSep 4, 2019Hundreds of millions of passwords stored in plaintext; Irish DPC fine of EUR 91MExposed data exposed passwords.Exposed dataTechUSMar 21, 20192018 View As token theft hit 29M Facebook accounts; Irish DPC fines of EUR 251MHacking exposed names, emails, phone numbers, location data, employment records, dates of birth and children's data.Hacking29M affectedTechUSSep 28, 2018Data of up to 87 million Facebook users improperly shared with Cambridge AnalyticaVendor breach exposed names and location data.Vendor breach87M affectedTechUSMar 17, 2018
History of this record
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First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.