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The contents of hacked private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts were made according to the BBC.
The breach was first discovered in the United States of America. The message details were obtained after users downloaded a malicious browser extension that then scraped the information from their accounts. The hackers then access to information for 10 cents per account. The group told BBC that their "database includes 120 million accounts," but that number could not be confirmed by outside cybersecurity experts.
"Facebook executive Guy Rosen told the BBC. After being notified of the hack, Facebook reached out to law enforcement.
Many of the compromised accounts originated from Russia and Ukraine, but some belonged to users in the US, UK, and elsewhere. The BBC spoke to several Russian users who had their messages stolen. Users had photos from a Depeche Mode concert and holiday events stolen as part of the hack.
This has not been the only significant hack on the platform in the past few months. In September, 30 million accounts were received for nearly 30 million accounts through the platform's "View As" feature. The hackers have yet to be identified.
