Facebook Data Leak: How to Check if Your Phone Number, Email Have Been Breached

The Facebook data leak of 2021 has been one of the biggest of its kind, with data belonging to a staggering 533 million users being listed online across hacking forums. Now, noted cyber security researcher Troy Hunt, who has been hailed for his work with Have I Been Pwned, has updated the database of his website with entries of the Facebook data leak, making all the phone numbers and email addresses involved with the data breach available for search to the public – in an easily accessible format. How to check if your phone or email was breached To check if your phone number or email address were also part of over 60 lakh entries of Indian phone numbers or email addresses that were included in the 53.3 crore phone numbers and emails in the Facebook data leak, you can simply head to the Have I Been Pwned website. Explaining the update to his database of breached email addresses, passwords and phone numbers, Hunt stated that this does not conclusively signify the inclusion of all the data that was involved in the Facebook data leak.