Sunday, April 3, 2011
Facebook1 million users "privacy" information leakage by hackers hijack.
<P> According to Hong Kong, "Wen Wei Po" Site 30, the world's largest social networking site "Facebook" (Facebook) broke a large-scale leakage of user privacy events, it is believed that there is a simple means of network security experts, from the "Face" on .taking of up to 100 million user data, and publish data to the form of BT, has been downloaded nearly 7,000 Internet users. ."Facebook" insisted that only the user open the leakage of data, not privacy, but experts believe that "Facebook" has the responsibility to plug the security holes. .</ P> <P> hacker uploaded to BT1 at nearly 7 thousand downloads </ P> <P> According to reports, "Facebook" last week announced the number of users exceeded 500 million people, in other words, affected by the leak .total number of users who account for a full 1 / 5, an estimated national user data included. .</ P> <P> Baowei Si network security consultant, said public information is the hope that outside attention, "Face" of privacy security. .He added that all the public data are simply using a bunch of code from the scan "Facebook" page after the income data included in each user of the site's URL, name and number. .</ P> <P> Baowei Si package all the user data through BT form the world's largest file-sharing website "The Pirate Bay" (PirateBay) on the release. .File size is 2.79GB, at 29, just one day, there are 6,600 Internet users to download. .Some netizens described the incident "shocking also a bit scared." .</ P> <P> Mask: All for the Access to Information </ P> <P> "Face," responded that "leakage" of the user data in fact already in the online public, anyone can at any time through the site, .or search engine Google, Bing and other search view, not the so-called "Privacy." .Site spokesman turn user data is compared to "phone book", said the owner may be permitted to view, users also have enough privacy, freedom to choose public or private data. .</ P> <P> spokesman stressed that this personal data to be released does not include had been hidden in the privacy of the user to select data. ."Facebook" founder Zhu Kebo cell also said that site has a comprehensive privacy settings system. .</ P> <P> of monitoring bodies, "Privacy International" Davis Experts believe that this incident once again highlighted the "Facebook" privacy settings are too "complex" defects, because many users do not know, if the private .set is not completely hidden, their personal data, or through Internet search public. .</ P> <P> Davis said that as an engineer with hundreds of large enterprises, "Facebook" should be able to anticipate the user data may be being "attack" situation. .But he added that the incident was purely an "action alert" because a lot of sensitive data such as e-mail or phone number Dengjun not made public. .</ P>.
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