Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users

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Post by coloneltcb » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:47 PM UTC

Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users
nytimes.com

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Post by dom96 » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:52 PM UTC

Some more details here: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/

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Post by prolikewh0a » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:55 PM UTC

Isn't this what happens at Facebook 24/7/365, just this time it wasn't authorized/paid for?

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Post by sdwisely » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:56 PM UTC

dom96 wrote: post #2

Some more details here: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/

> But it’s clear that attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted “View As”, a feature that lets people see what their own profile looks like to someone else. This allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens which they could then use to take over people’s accounts

oh boy, what a mess.

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Post by coldcode » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:56 PM UTC

Did not mention what was leaked/taken or how 50M and not everyone.

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Post by irishcoffee » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:59 PM UTC

Empty dupe also on front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18094852

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Post by erichurkman » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 4:59 PM UTC

sdwisely wrote: post #4

dom96 wrote: post #2

Some more details here: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/

> But it’s clear that attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted “View As”, a feature that lets people see what their own profile looks like to someone else. This allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens which they could then use to take over people’s accounts oh boy, what a mess.

User impersonation code always terrifies the bajeebus out of me.

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Post by redlorryyellow » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 5:00 PM UTC

coldcode wrote: post #5

Did not mention what was leaked/taken or how 50M and not everyone.

It said anyone who has used the "view as" may have been accessed

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Post by dawhizkid » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 5:00 PM UTC

Is it wrong to be glad FB's reputation has tarnished (and stock price sideways) over the past year or so? For so long they've monopolized the talent pool in the Bay Area. If more people decide 1) they don't want to work at FB and 2) FB employees are itching to leave then I see any stain on FB's employment brand as a net positive to the greater tech + startup ecosystem.

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Post by IBM » Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 5:01 PM UTC

If you watched the Senate hearing on privacy two days ago you'd have seen that they were remarkably on the same page about potential privacy legislation [1]. Facebook's continued fuck ups will only help the cause, and for that I'm grateful.

[1] https://www.c-span.org/video/?451963-1/google-apple-amazon-t...