Security breach allowed hackers to control 50 million Facebook accounts

Facebook announced today that earlier this week, it discovered a security breach that affected almost 50 million accounts. The problem was ...

Facebook announced today that earlier this week, it discovered a security breach that affected almost 50 million accounts. The problem was found with Facebook's "View As" feature, which allows users to see what their profile looks like to others. A vulnerability in "View As" allowed hackers to steal Facebook access tokens, which were used to access unsuspecting subscribers' Facebook accounts. These tokens are used as digital keys so that members don't have to sign in every time they use the app.

So far, Facebook says that it has patched the vulnerability and has contacted ...

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