This time it’s the private photos of 6.8 MILLION users.
Facebook leaks and data breaches have become commonplace over the last year or so, becoming so frequent that it wouldn’t be wrong to consider it routine. The issue before this exposed over 30 million user accounts to hackers. Facebook has confessed to a glitch in the site’s API, affecting 6.8 million accounts. This bug exposed private photos of the affected users via third-party apps.
The glitch occurred and remained active for 12 days (between Sept. 13 to Sept. 25, 2018) exposing users’ private photos. Facebook confirmed that it has fixed the flaw, but expect this to occur more and more frequently as Facebook receives increased scrutiny as a platform. Should we wait for it to expose all of our private messages as well? Where do we draw the line?
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