How to check if your Facebook account was one of the half billion that were breached

You must have heard about the serious data privacy scandal that happened on Facebook last weekend. Facebook’s users data which have been leaked include User IDs, full names, dates of birth, and email addresses.

So in case you are wondering if you are among the 553 million Facebook users whose personal data has been hacked, there is a way to find out.

Yesterday, "Have I Been Pwned?", a free web tool that offers the opportunity to check if your account has been compromised, announced that it had added to its database the telephone numbers of 553 million users, who were victims of hackers.

If you are interested to put an end to your worries and make sure your personal data are safe, you can use "Have I Been Pwned?" by dealing your phone number in the search engine and the tool will immediately indicate if you belong to the list with the other 553 million Facebook users. In fact, it shows you how you have been exposed to the internet and what steps you need to take in order to protect your data.