Hackers stole 29m users data on Facebook
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however facebook did not confirm if information had actually been stolen1 facebook inc on friday said attackers in the mass security breach it announced late september accessed the accounts of about 30 million people in total and stole names and contact details for 29 million1 instead stolen data on 14 million users included birth-dates employers education and lists of friends1 all of those could help a fraudster pose as facebook the employer or a friend1 they could then craft a more sophisticated email aimed at tricking users into providing login information on a fake page or into clicking on an attachment that would infect their computers1 were cooperating with the fbi which is actively investigating and asked us not to discuss who may be behind this attack facebook said on a blog post1 the social network said in late september that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over almost 50 million user accounts in its worst security breach ever1 facebook found no theft of highly personal messages or financial data and saw no use of facebook logins to access other websites all of which would have been cause for greater concern1 facebooks latest vulnerability has existed since july 2017 but the company first identified it in mid-september after spotting a fairly large increase in use of its view as privacy feature1 it determined that it was an attack on sept. 251 within two days we closed the vulnerability stopped the attack and secured peoples accounts by restoring the access tokens for people who were potentially exposed facebook said1 the view as feature allows users to check their privacy settings by giving them a glimpse of what their profile looks like to others1 but a trio of errors in facebooks software enabled someone accessing the feature to post and browse from facebook accounts of other users1 facebook shares fell 2.6 per cent after the breach was announced in september and they were down more than 1 per cent following the updated disclosures on friday1