How has Southeast Asia been affected by the recent Facebook data leak?


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• 3 mins read Share Malaysia has been the most impacted with over 11 million being exposed, followed by Singapore with 3 million, and 879,699 users in the Philippines. Facebook faces fresh scrutiny in Southeast Asia, after data from over 15 million users in the region was exposed in a recent leak that could put individuals at risk of identity theft and impersonation attempts, according to local privacy watchdogs. The data trove, that was uncovered last Saturday by Alon Gal, the co-founder of Israeli cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, contains information of over 530 million users including profile names, Facebook...