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Hackers Accessed Data From 29 Million Facebook Users
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Why would they ask FB not to discuss possible culprits? Could it be that it is the same Russians that the president refuses to condemn for their repeated hacking? Or maybe it’s the North Koreans this time. Oh- he seems to be pretty chummy with them too!
Two weeks ago, Facebook announced that it discovered a security breach allowing hackers to steal Facebook data from millions of accounts, and today, Facebook shared further data on just what was accessed.
To get the Facebook data, hackers took advantage of a security flaw in the social network's "View As" code, a feature designed to let people see what their profile looks like to someone else. The Facebook access tokens that hackers were able to obtain are basically digital keys that allow people to stay logged in to Facebook.
According to Facebook, hackers used a set of accounts that they controlled that were connected to Facebook friends. An automated technique was used to move from account to account, allowing them to collect access tokens in September 2018.
Hackers were able to obtain timeline posts, friend lists, groups, and the names of recent Messenger conversations from an initial 400,000 people. People in this group who were Page admins of a Page that had received a message from someone on Facebook had the content of their messages stolen.
After stealing data from the 400,000 people attacked first, Facebook used their friends list to steal access tokens for approximately 30 million people.
For 15 million people, attackers were able to access name and contact details that include phone number and email address.
For 14 million people, hackers were able to access the same information as well as other data that includes username, gender, location, relationship status, religion, hometown, current city, birthdate, device types used to access Facebook, education, work, the last 10 places where they checked in, websites, people, Pages they follow, and 15 most recent searches.
An additional 1 million people had their access tokens stolen but no information was obtained.
According to Facebook, people can find out whether or not they were affected through the Facebook Help Center. Over the "coming days," Facebook plans to send customized messages to the 30 million people who were affected to explain what information hackers might have obtained.
The FBI is investigating the attack and Facebook has been asked "not to discuss who may be behind [the] attack."
Article Link: Hackers Accessed Data From 29 Million Facebook Users
Haha this is a gre8 joke dude i gonna use it tonight in an event. Thanks
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I don’t care. 99.9% of people has nothing 2 hide so who cares. Its a free service, cant complain
People under 35 generally don’t use FB which they view as ”Mombook”, not cool at all. It’s basically MySpace for them at this point (for those who remember MySpace). That doesn’t bode well for FB’s future. I don’t expect the majority of teens, 20 and 30-somethings to ever embrace FB as they age. Even 40-somethings are reducing their FB usage. The past few years have been pretty negative for FB’s reputation, despite the huge increase in users. Zuck better be careful with his finagling when it comes to Instagram.
Until they’re not and I’m sure you agree that these breaches and other screwups aren’t good for Facebook’s future viability. Besides, there are more than generalizations and assumptions about how the majority of younger people feel towards FB in user statistics that have been released. Trends also point the way.
So this is why random accounts started trying to friend me. None of this is that scary -- it'd be idiotic to make private posts anyway -- except for the stealing of messages from page admins.
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But anyway, I don't have much against Facebook. Just find them mildly annoying because they slowly crappify their products. It's become more of a utility site over time, and I've directly benefited from the groups feature and Messenger, so it's hard to hate them.
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There is a ad blocker browser extension that automatically clicks all blocked ads, which screws up both the ad revenue system and the tracking. They don't call it a sabotage device but rather a way to prevent them from tracking you, but really it's both. Even shows how much $ you've wasted, so it's fun to click around on Facebook with that.
But anyway, I don't have much against Facebook. Just find them mildly annoying because they slowly crappify their products. It's become more of a utility site over time, and I've directly benefited from the groups feature and Messenger, so it's hard to hate them.
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Even they would give me the product with cash, still not worth selling my data to this crap company which is the worst invention of the century.
"According to Facebook, hackers used a set of accounts that they controlled that were connected to Facebook friends. An automated technique was used to move from account to account, allowing them to collect access tokens in September 2018."
I guess this was the west point..... verify and continue to verify the account, even if it *** users off.. your using their service, they can do what they what to maintain safety for all.
"The FBI is investigating the attack and Facebook has been asked "not to discuss who may be behind [the] attack."
secret eh?
I guess this was the west point..... verify and continue to verify the account, even if it *** users off.. your using their service, they can do what they what to maintain safety for all.
"The FBI is investigating the attack and Facebook has been asked "not to discuss who may be behind [the] attack."
secret eh?
Trust me there are more enemies out there, the Russians are just a distraction. That is exactly what they want you to think, I am only being honest.
Part of the reason people are so trusting and put so much personal information on Facebook is because Facebook makes misleading and false statements about how it protects privacy and also because it uses psychological manipulation to nag users constantly to complete their online profile. Regulators should move on all platforms that make privacy claims that can not be supported as well as platforms that nag and pressure users. Platforms also should allow pseudo names and inform users that their data is not 100% safe in a clear and upfront manner. For tech nerds, which most of us hear are, it seems so obvious, but for most regular users, Facebook's strategic manipulation is less easy to pick up on.
Yea.....no, you only think you deleted it. But good on trying to act on it anyway. That’s more than I can say for myself.
The whole FB thing was created with only one idea in mind: robbery! It has nothing to do with socializing, sharing, or following. That is to say, it was a scam to begin with. The first indication is when you try to delete your account and find out you can't. If that alone doesn't ring the bell...
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And, yes, I'd prefer some hackers to steal my data than some complacent greedy weasel.
Security is an illusion.
The good news here is that Facebook is going away for good. I'm not sure if I want to hate those hackers, or buy 'em a beer!
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And, yes, I'd prefer some hackers to steal my data than some complacent greedy weasel.
Security is an illusion.
The good news here is that Facebook is going away for good. I'm not sure if I want to hate those hackers, or buy 'em a beer!
A.I can hack anything... It can write it's own code.
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Entropy my friend... entropy since the beginning of time, part of the game and nothing can be done about it.
