Facebook: In Spammers' hands the data leaked

Facebook Inc concluded that for the largest data theft in Spammers who want to win are responsible , and a group funded by some government.

Last week, Facebook he said that hackers managed to steal data from 29 million accounts using an automated that moved from one friend to the next.
Facebook as we have mentioned worked with the FBI to investigate the issue.Facebook

This breach leaves users affected much more vulnerable to targeted phishing attacks. Of course when we talk about targeted attacks we do not mean your computer, unless you work for a very large company, are a politician or generally hold a very large position.

Of course, this does not mean that the rest should not show the necessary attention to that they receive, especially if they come from an unknown. However, with the attack on Facebook, we can observe the phenomenon of malicious messages coming from acquaintances.

Facebook first disclosed the breach in late September and said it had patched the flaw soon, almost immediately after its discovery on September 25th.

Facebook also reported that it was conducting an internal investigation into the incident and last week reduced the number of affected users from its initial estimate when the investigations that examined the activity went into accounts that might have been affected.

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