120 million users leak data on platforms like Facebook, Twitter: Cyber ​​Security Expert revealed

New delhi date. November 22, 2019, Friday

Cyber ​​Security has blamed 120 million users of leaked data on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. About 5 million mobile numbers and 66 million e-mail addresses have been hacked into the hands of hackers, the security agency claimed. There is a possibility that many people have downloaded that data online.

Cyber ​​Security Researcher Winnie Troia claimed that data for about 120 million users was leaked. Data from 120 million users of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub has fallen into the hands of hackers. The Cyber ​​Security Expert also blamed the server on which the social media companies stored the data.

However, the most sensitive information such as passports, credit cards, debit cards were made secure. The data leaked includes information such as name, phone number, e-mail address.

According to the experts, 5 million phone numbers have fallen into the hands of hackers. More than 66 million e-mail addresses have been received by hackers from those servers. The hackers collected users' basal information for a specific reason, which is similar to a threat bell, a cyber security researcher said.

However, the researcher did not provide any information about when and who hacked the data. The data where the data has been leaked shows Google's IP address in Google Cloud. There was no clarification as to who downloaded this data. No data was available on how many users in India have leaked data.

Winnie said in a statement that it is a very serious matter for any group or individual to have such information on a committee. This information may be misused at any time. He recommended changing the password in the e-mail address to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn users.