Report: Facebook users’ phone numbers for sale on Telegram

The Telegram bot has been advertised by a user on a low level cybercriminal forum who claimed to have a database containing 500 million users. — AP

An automated bot on Telegram is leaking private information belonging to users on Facebook, according to a report by Motherboard.

The website explained that the bot helps users to look up mobile phone numbers belonging to Facebook users. It can also bring up a user’s Facebook ID based on a provided phone number.