WhatsApp data breach sees nearly 500 million user records up for sale

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A post on a “well-known hacking community forum” claims that nearly half a billion WhatsApp records have been breached and are up for sale.

The message, which multiple sources have confirmed to be likely true, claims to sell an up-to-date 2022 database of 487 million mobile numbers used on WhatsApp, which includes data from 84 countries.