Accounts of 50 million users affected due to security breach: Facebook

Accounts of 50 million users affected due to security breach: Facebook

A stunning news about Facebook's most important tools are coming out of Facebook: Facebook has announced on Friday that hackers were affected by five crore accounts due to lack of security in security. This big social network of the world said that this week we came to know that hackers stole 'Access tokens' which caused the accounts to be affected.

 

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'Access tokens' are one type of digital keys, so hackers are able to access those accounts. "It is clear that the attackers succeeded in breaking the code of Facebook," said Ge Rosen, vice president of Facebook's Product Management.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said that engineers detected this weakness on Tuesday it was fixed by Thursday night. They said, 'We have removed these drawbacks and have informed law enforcement.'

Zuckerberg said, "We do not know if an account has actually been misused. This is a serious issue. Facebook has temporarily removed the 'View Age' feature. This feature is a privacy tool that allows the user to see how his own profile will look like any other person.

Hacker threatens to delete Zuckerberg's Facebook profile

According to media sources, a Taiwanese hacker has threatened Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the hacker has claimed that he will delete Mark Zuckerberg's profile in a live-stream video.

Hacker Chang Chi-yuan has told that he will delete the account of Mark Zuckerberg. It is being told that Chang has claimed to have disclosed several flaws.

At the same time, Facebook acknowledged that users are using the phone numbers given for security purposes by targeting them for advertising. In the Techcrunch Report, a Facebook spokesperson said, Use the information provided to provide a better and more personalized experience on Facebook, including advertising.

In the report, it was said that Facebook used those numbers which the users provided for Two Factor Authentication (2FA). This is a security technique that provides a second layer of authentication to keep the accounts secure.

A Facebook spokesman said, "We are clear how we collect information, including the phone numbers that people have put in their accounts. You can delete the number and personal information entered in your account at any time.