Facebook Security Flaw Affects almost 50 million accounts

Posted By on September 28, 2018

Facebook Inc. discovered a security flaw affecting almost 50 million accounts, the company said Friday. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code for its “view as” feature, which lets users see what their profile looks like to someone else. Facebook discovered the problem Tuesday, the company said in a blog post.A problem in the code allowed outsiders to steal access tokens, the digital keys that keep people logged in to Facebook …

Source: Facebook Finds Security Flaw Affecting Almost 50 Million Accounts – WSJ

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