Oops Again! How Facebook Gave Hackers Keys to Profiles of 30 Million
Facebook’s most recent breach let hackers into 30 million accounts of people through a vulnerability that went unaddressed for over a year. Hackers figured out how to get possession of the access tokens which are like digital keys. That allowed nefarious individuals to gain control of profiles through Facebook’s unprotected “View As” function that lets you see how others see your profile.
Find out what hackers got, what we know, what could go wrong next, and how to check to see if your Facebook account was compromised!
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