Facebook new security loophole allows leaks

Hackers use a software called Email Search v1.0 to reveal millions of email addresses of Facebook users, even if the addresses are private.

This user data, combined with the 553 million phone numbers that leaked from Facebook a few weeks ago, can help hackers access accounts or create a database with personal information of Facebook users.

Το Facebook Email Search v1.0 χρησιμοποιεί μια front-end ευπάθεια στον ιστότοπο του Facebook. Συνδέει αυτόματα τα αναγνωριστικά χρήστη με τη σχετική electronics y , allowing a single hacker to secure approximately 5 million email addresses per day. Facebook says it patched a nearly identical vulnerability earlier this year.

In a conversation with Ars Technica, an anonymous researcher claims to have sent the vulnerability to Facebook, but the larger social network chose to ignore the matter. Facebook told the researcher that it "does not consider [the vulnerability] important enough to fix," despite the fact that it is a clear security risk and of the privacy of its users.

Facebook has not only ignored the vulnerability, but is actively encouraging PR representatives to downgrade and "normalize" data breaches. Read an internal Facebook email which was accidentally sent to a Data News reporter after the April 5 leak.

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users saw their data travel online this month due to two separate social network vulnerabilities. In the face of this significant amount of data, Facebook hopes to "normalize" the phenomenon and argues that we should learn to live with data leaks. For a site that is obsessed with collecting data from its users, Facebook negligence causes.

Facebook now states that it "accidentally closed this bug report before launching it to the appropriate group" and that it is currently investigating the issue. We do not know when the company will fix this security gap or how many accounts have been affected.

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