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2008 — Facebook: Facebook accidentally publicly revealed personal…

2008 80.0M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

Facebook accidentally publicly revealed personal information about its members, which could be useful to identity thieves. The full dates of birth of many of Facebook's 80 million active users were visible to others, even if the individual member had requested that the information remained confidential.

Root cause

Unintended disclosure

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