JUST IN: Hackers put up private information of 1.5 billion Facebook users for sale

<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Hackers has reportedly put private and personal information of over 1&period;5 billion Facebook users on sale on a hackers forum&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11825" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;images-9&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"739" height&equals;"415" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">This is coming after reports that WhatsApp&comma; Facebook and Instagram were all down&comma; today&comma; October 4th&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Yet to be confirmed reports says that hackers nuked the DNS A&semi; an address file that holds an IP address of the domain name and AAA records for Facebook&comma; Instagram and Whatsapp&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11832" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20211004-212932&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"1204" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;privacyaffairs&period;com&sol;facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Privacy Affairs<&sol;a> reports&comma; Facebook users’ details which include names&comma; emails&comma; location&comma; gender&comma; phone number&comma; user identification and other personal information have been put on sale&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">However&comma; Facebook is using Twitter to update users on the development as they work to resolve the issue&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;