However, Diachenko said that the database was available online for almost two weeks before it was removed.

Besides this, it was also posted as a download on a hacker forum.

Responding to the incident, Facebook said in a statement that they are looking into the breach.

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This is not the first time that Facebook has suffered a data breach.

The data also included Facebook IDs and in some cases names, genders, and countries.

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source: www.techworm.net