14 DAY TRIAL // The fact that he threatened to leak a number of 30 million email and Facebook account credentials that belong to users from Saudi Arabia and other countries attracted a lot of attention on Hannibal, the hacker that seeks revenge for the large number of Israeli credit card details published online by various hackers, including 0xOmar.
DataBreaches investigated the hacker’s claims and obtained a response from Facebook after they performed a thorough analysis of the tens of thousands of credential sets.
“This does not represent a hack of Facebook or anyone’s Facebook profiles. We have spent time investigating the information and have determined fewer than a third of the credentials were valid and almost half weren’t associated with Facebook accounts,” a Facebook spokesperson responded.
Furthermore, he reports that the social media network has robust internal systems that check every login for malicious activity, even if the password appears to be correct. This extra layer of security is set in place and designed in such a way that their customers are protected even against unknown threats.
“Beyond our engineering teams that build tools to block malicious activity, we also have a dedicated enforcement team that seeks to identify those responsible for threats and works with our legal team to ensure appropriate consequences follow,” the representative added.
Many hackers claimed to have obtained login credentials by hacking into Facebook, but the social media network is not so easy to hack and in reality most of the record sets come from phishing campaigns which lately have been very well designed.
We’ve contacted the hacker Hannibal to learn of the information’s origin, but so far he hasn’t replied to our inquiry.
In the meantime, users are encouraged to avoid clicking on suspicious links or entering sensitive information on shady looking websites. They’re also advised to check out Facebook’s Security Page and keep themselves informed on the latest threats.