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Facebook "View As" security issue affecting 50 million accounts: "attackers exploited" it to "steal Facebook access tokens" and "take over people’s accounts"

Posted by talklittle
Tags: facebook, security
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/

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Title
Security Update
Authors
kathrynglickman
Published
Sep 23 2018
Word count
501 words

4 comments

  2. rkcr
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    Who wants to bet that a week or two from now they “discover” it was 100 million accounts, and then eventually admit it was 200 million?

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    6 votes
  3. talklittle
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    That was quick: Facebook faces class-action lawsuit over massive new hack

    That was quick: Facebook faces class-action lawsuit over massive new hack

    The company is now facing a class-action complaint filed on behalf of one California resident, Carla Echavarria, and one Virginia resident, Derick Walker. Both allege that Facebook’s lack of proper security has exposed them and additional potential class members to a significantly increased chance of identity theft as a result of the breach.

    The lawsuit was filed today in US District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges Facebook is guilty of unlawful business practices, deceit by concealment, negligence, and violations of California’s Customer Records Act. The plaintiffs want statutory damages and penalties awarded to them and other class members, as well as the providing of credit monitoring services, punitive damages, and the coverage of attorneys’ fees and expenses.

    6 votes
  4. annadane
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    Breaches happen, I guess. But the "view as" can be seen as just about useless with how they've been known to change privacy settings at random in the past. This would be the benefit of open...

    Breaches happen, I guess. But the "view as" can be seen as just about useless with how they've been known to change privacy settings at random in the past. This would be the benefit of open source. There's only so many times you can hide behind "oops, sorry, it was a bug".

    1 vote