Hackers target Facebook

Hackers are are targeting Facebook users by being able to access and change private user data managed by the users. The hackers are getting into Facebook by their third party application developers, which is leaving a door open for hackers into a nonexistent security and privacy protections.

 The third party developers are those cute and fun applications you dowload for your Facebook page. When yu download the application the third party developers get access to data on every person who thats user is Facebook “friends” with. Facebook does clearly warn users who install an application that these developers will have all access to their data, but its doesnt do anything at all to warn users that the same data sharing occurs with their friends install apps.many popular Facebook applications are vulnerable to trivial attacks, which permit a nefarious person to both set and read the data associated with that app.

Megan

C/net News

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