Facebook Network Breach Affects Up to 50 Million Users

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/technology/facebook-hack-data-breach.html

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Friday said an attack on its computer network led to the exposure of information from nearly 50 million of its users.

The company discovered the breach earlier this week, finding that attackers had exploited a feature in Facebook’s code that allowed them to take over user accounts. Facebook fixed the vulnerability and notified law enforcement officials.

More than 90 million of Facebook’s users were forced to log out of their accounts Friday morning, a common safety measure for compromised accounts.

Facebook said it did not know the origin or identity of the attackers, nor had it fully assessed the scope of the attack. The company is in the beginning stages of its investigation.

The discovery of the hack comes at one of the most difficult times in Facebook’s history. The company has dealt with fallout over its role in a widespread Russian disinformation campaign around the 2016 presidential election.

The company is facing the threat of regulation from Washington over concerns of whether it has grown too powerful. And Facebook is still reeling from the fallout over its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The British analytics firm may have improperly obtained the data of up to 87 million Facebook users.

One of Facebook’s most significant challenges has been convincing its users that it is responsible enough to handle the incredible wealth of data the company handles. More than 2 billion people use Facebook every month, and another two billion separately use WhatsApp, a messaging app owned by Facebook, and Instagram, the Facebook-owned popular photo-sharing app.

“We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in a statement regarding Cambridge Analytica earlier this year.

Even before Friday’s disclosure, Facebook was facing multiple Federal investigations into the company’s broader data sharing and privacy practices. The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook’s statements on Cambridge Analytica.

To contain the fallout, Facebook said it has instituted strict data-sharing policies with third-parties, and has scaled back the amount of data it would share with developers in the future. The company suspended access to more than 400 third-party apps after an audit of the thousands of outside apps connected to Facebook.

[ButtFumble 5180]

all of those fuck nut idiots on Vics friends list must be shitting a brick that someone will gain access to their EBT card and their nudes

[Huckleberry 33035]

Well that's great. I was forced to log out and back into Facebook this morning. Fortunately I don't actually have any sensitive data there and mostly have the account to see pictures of my nephews and nieces and bitch at people in my neighborhood who are bitching about other people.

[Viper 12109]

sounds like they only got tokens so your passwords should be safe. I don't guess even 2 factor authentication would prevent this type of breech. 

[Auto Driller 2506]

I rate Facebook as slightly more evil than Google, mainly because their CEO is a reptilian humanoid. But it’s close.

[BrickHorn 18248]

This week just gets better and better.

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

Why can't some of these hacker types just burn it to the fucking ground? Aren't there any good-guy hacker types out there?

[Parliament 14263]

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[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[Lhorn 4921]

 Bravo. I hope he had linked all his banking information like he wanted us to do 

Edited September 30, 2018 by Lhorn

[Kyle 207]

I actually had no idea Facebook had that many users. I guess there are more Baby Boomers around than I realized.

Edited September 30, 2018 by Kyle

[Doc Holliday 199]

So what's new? A technology platform that carries data/information that is worth billions got hacked?  

Over the past 4 years well over 100 million citizens of the USA have had their information stolen, given away (plausible deniability is always an option...we got hacked?!), or sold to some nefarious actor - I'm thinking Malkovich would be a solid bad guy actor here, and well, what are you going to do? Nothing.  That is right.   

You'll keep posting your information and you'll keep doing it with a smile.  

Thank you, 
Zuck Zombie

 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3834]

On 9/28/2018 at 1:06 PM, Viper said:

sounds like they only got tokens so your passwords should be safe. I don't guess even 2 factor authentication would prevent this type of breech. 

There's more than one token?

 

[pacman 7359]

I love the little lie by Facebook to try and appear less negligent. There was no attack on their network. They have shit coding security practices like everyone else and it was exploited.

[freyguy 4279]

So this is just Facebook crap, and not real things?

[F250 28788]

1 hour ago, freyguy said:

So this is just Facebook crap, and not real things?

Facebook crap plus all of the other places that FB users have a Facebook SAML SSO authentication located. So no, not just Facebook crap.

 

[freyguy 4279]

49 minutes ago, F250 said:

Facebook crap plus all of the other places that FB users have a Facebook SAML SSO authentication located. So no, not just Facebook crap.

 

You're putting me on.  People tie real things to Facebook?

[F250 28788]

15 minutes ago, freyguy said:

You're putting me on.  People tie real things to Facebook?

Yes grandpa, welcome to the 21st century.

 

 

[Doc Holliday 199]

4 minutes ago, F250 said:

Yes grandpa, welcome to the 21st century.

 

 

Lol.  

 

Yes, dating sites like bumble/tinder required you to have FB a couple years ago, Instagram, spotify, pandora, and shit, even google let you integrate with FB.   FB is but a mere cog in the wheel of 1984 fortune though. 

[Doc Holliday 199]

and to think, data scientists are JUST NOW learning how to do trend analysis on large swaths of data.  #snicker

[freyguy 4279]

You're not getting my point.  That shit like tinder, Instagram, spotify etc. That ain't real shit.  It's just entertainment and "look at me" stuff.

[BottleRocket 647]

I use a Facebook login for my Slickdeals account. Does this mean that someone is going to do my Black Friday shopping for me?

[F250 28788]

3 hours ago, freyguy said:

You're not getting my point.  That shit like tinder, Instagram, spotify etc. That ain't real shit.  It's just entertainment and "look at me" stuff.

This vulnerability isn't about Facebook the social media platform, its about their SSO service which provides authentication for all kinds of businesses not just the social media sites.

 

 

[immortal13 4059]

5 hours ago, freyguy said:

You're not getting my point.  That shit like tinder, Instagram, spotify etc. That ain't real shit.  It's just entertainment and "look at me" stuff.

The Net, bro