09-28-2018 10:33 AM
Facebook has said “almost 50 million” of its users were left exposed by a security flaw.
The company said attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in a feature known as “View As” to gain control of people's accounts.
The breach was discovered on Tuesday, Facebook said, and it has informed police.
Users that had potentially been affected were prompted to re-log-in on Friday.
The flaw has been fixed, wrote the firm’s head of security, Guy Rosen.
"Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused or any information accessed. We also don’t know who’s behind these attacks or where they’re based. “
He added: "People’s privacy and security is incredibly important, and we’re sorry this happened."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45686890
09-28-2018 10:36 AM
09-28-2018 10:55 AM
Although I'm not overly bothered by this particular episode. I am generally very disappointed with the news that 72% of large businesses have experienced a data breach in the last 12 months. I mean really?
I'm not so concerned for myself but I feel for people who aren't completely aware of what goes on. Everybody has to rely in the internet these days to a greater or lesser degree and there are a lot of vulnerable people out there who can suffer from scum, I mean scammers, getting hold of their email address for example.
Incidentally, I had an email just this week asking for $4800 to be paid in Bitcoin to avoid having my wife and all her friends contacted and informed of my 'secret', the email included my login details from something… I recognised the login ID but can't for the life of me remember what company it would have been for.
Anyway, they're clearly harvesting whatever details they can find to convince people they know something about you. How many people get worried by this... or do have some secret they want kept from their misses and get taken in?
It's not helped by this apparent inability that companies have to secure their data.
(If I had a wife, I would have had a laugh about that email with her!)
09-28-2018 11:26 AM
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Stryker1000 said:
pro tip !! stop fkn using social media apps !!!! nuff said !
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