Facebook accidentally leaks data of 6 million users!

To put the title into perspective: The world’s largest social networking company admitted like a kid about his wrongdoing, late Friday that a technical flaw in its system allowed the phone numbers and email addresses of 6 million users over the past year to be viewed and accessed by unauthorized viewers.

What happened?

If a person went to download an archive of their Facebook account through Facebook’s Download Your Information (DYI) tool, they may have been provided with additional email addresses or telephone numbers for their contacts or people with whom they have some connection.
Facebook clarified on it’s blog -

We currently have no evidence that this bug has been exploited maliciously and we have not received complaints from users or seen anomalous behavior on the tool or site to suggest wrongdoing
We recently received a report to our White Hat program regarding a bug that may have allowed some of a person’s contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them.
We currently have no evidence that this bug has been exploted maliciously and we have not received complaints from users or seen anomalous behavior on the tool or site to suggest wrongdoing

Facebook accidentally leaks data of 6 million users!
Facebook says that it is “upset and embarrassed” after six million users’ phone numbers and email addresses were accidentally leaked and shared with their online contacts.

When Did It Start?

The “glitch” is told to occur from right back in 2012 till date! Facebook also mentioned that some of the users or anyone that was affected were notified about it first. It’s like telling a person on the metro that his fellow passenger robbed his wallet only after the crime was committed. Face(book) palm -_-
Wanna hear all about the leak from Facebook itself? Click here -> Facebook Accidentally Leaks Data