> Diachenko believes the trove of data is most likely the result of an illegal scraping operation or Facebook API abuse by criminals in Vietnam, according to th

> Diachenko believes the trove of data is most likely the result of an illegal scraping operation or Facebook API abuse by criminals in Vietnam, according to the evidence. The only ones capable of preventing either the scraping operation or the API abuse would be Facebook. Scraping is an arms race, but I certainly don't trust Facebook to care about protecting my data, except where it would infringe on their ability to sell it. If it's "API abuse," that's definitely on Facebook to prevent.