Binance's 'CZ' Says Half Billion WhatsApp User Records For Sale On Dark Web – Zerohedge

Nearly half a billion WhatsApp users’ mobile phone numbers are allegedly for sale on a dark web community forum, according to multiple sources, including Binance’s billionaire Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. “A new set of 487 million WhatsApp phone numbers for sales in the Dark Web,” CZ tweeted Sunday. He said a sample of hacked data “indicates the phone numbers are legit.”CZ warned users on the Meta-owned platform that “threat actors downstream will use this data to conduct smishing (phishing messages) campaigns.” A new set of 487 million WhatsApp phone numbers for sales in the Dark Web. A sample indicates the phone numbers are legit. Please stay vigilant as threat actors downstream will use this data to conduct smishing (phishing messages) campaigns. Stay SAFU. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZuDVXlzz4F — CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) November 27, 2022Cybernews initially confirmed the hack. They said: On November 16, an actor posted an ad on a well-known hacking community forum, claiming they were selling a 2022 database of 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers.The dataset allegedly contains WhatsApp user data from 84 countries. Threat actor claims there are over 32 million US user records included.Another huge chunk of phone numbers belongs to the citizens of Egypt (45 million), Italy (35 million), Saudi
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