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Cybersecurity firm found an unsecure database of Facebook user data online Approximately 267,140,436 records were exposed and shared on the dark web The database included IDs, phone numbers and full names of mainly US users The database has since been shut down, but was live on the web for two weeks By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 21:00 GMT, 19 December 2019 | Updated: 22:51 GMT, 19 December 2019 Personal information belonging to hundreds of millions of Facebook users has been exposed in an unsecured database on the dark web, it has emerged. The Facebook IDs, phone numbers and full names of 267 million users, most residing in the US, were discovered in the database accessible to anyone without a password by cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko and tech firm Comparitech, according to a report published Thursday. The report warned that people identified in the database could be targeted by spam messages or phishing schemes. Although it is not ye

FACEBOOK is down this afternoon with the social networking site and app not working for thousands of users. The social network has now confirmed the outage that has left users unable to make new posts online. By David Snelling PUBLISHED: 16:19, Wed, Mar 13, 2019 | UPDATED: 17:45, Wed, Mar 13, 2019      5:40PM UPDATE: Facebook has just confirmed the issues with its service with a spokesperson saying: "We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.” ORIGINAL STORY: Facebook users are facing a frustrating afternoon with the social network site and app appearing to be down and offline. Issues seem to have begun around 4pm this afternoon with many fans of the service reporting that they are still unable to log in, make new posts or add comments to stories. At the time of writing, independent outage monitor Down Detector has registered over

Facebook and Instagram users were unable to login to the social media apps after they crashed unexpectedly on Friday. Both the apps and the desktop sites were hit by outages beginning around 11:40am (ET) this morning. Users reported having issues loading the apps, while others said they experienced a 'total blackout.' Scroll down for video  +3 A live map shows parts of the world that were hit by the Facebook outages. It shows hotspots in the northeastern region of the U.S., parts of Europe, as well as the Philippines and Indonesia It comes as Facebook and Instagram experienced a separate outage a little over a week ago on November 20.  A live outage map showed hotspots in the northeastern region of the U.S., as well as many parts of Europe.  Parts of South America, the Philippines and Indonesia were also hit.    According to Down Detector , approximately 54 percent of users said they had trouble accessing their Instagram feed,

Chang Chi-yuang has since cancelled the stream and reported the bug.    SIPA USA/PA Images A white-hat hacker briefly promised to livestream his bid to hack into Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook account on Sunday, September 30th). "Broadcasting the deletion of Facebook founder Zuck's account," Chang Chi-yuan told his 26,000-plus followers on the social network, adding: "Scheduled to go live." By Friday afternoon, the stream had been cancelled. According to Bloomberg , the self-proclaimed bug bounty hunter is a minor celebrity in Taiwan who's appeared on talk shows and was reportedly sued by a local bus operator after breaching their systems to nab a ticket for just NT$1 (3 cents). Earlier this month, Chi-yuan shared a screenshot showing an App

The social networking giant said attackers had exploited a weakness that enabled them to hijack the accounts of nearly 50 million users. Here are some tips for securing your account. Image Facebook discovered a security weakness that could let attackers hijack people’s accounts. The vulnerability has been fixed, but there are precautions to take. Credit Credit Matt Rourke/Associated Press   By Brian X. Chen   Facebook said its engineers discovered a security weakness this week that could let attackers hijack people’s accounts. The vulnerability, which the company said had been fixed, affected nearly 50 million accounts. Facebook said in a web post that the security issue was related to the “View As” feature, which allows people to see a preview of what their profile looks like to other people, like specific friends. Hackers exploited a weakness in the tool to gain access to digital keys that let people access Facebook from a personal device without having to re

  One of the challenges for Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is convincing users that the company handles their data responsibly. Credit Credit Josh Edelson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel Sept. 28, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Friday that an attack on its computer network had exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million users. The company said it discovered the breach this week. The attackers exploited a feature in Facebook’s code that allowed them to take over user accounts. Early Friday, Facebook forced more than 90 million users to log out of their accounts, a common safety measure taken when accounts have been compromised. Facebook said it had fixed the vulnerability and notified law enforcement officials. “We’re taking it really seriously,” Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, said in a conference call with reporters. “I’m glad we found this, but it definitely is an issue that

By Guy Rosen ,  VP of Product Management On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts. We’re taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what’s happened and the immediate action we’ve taken to protect people’s security. Our investigation is still in its early stages. But it’s clear that attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted “View As” , a feature that lets people see what their own profile looks like to someone else. This allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens which they could then use to take over people’s accounts. Access tokens are the equivalent of digital keys that keep people logged in to Facebook so they don’t need to re-enter their password every time they use the app. Here is the action we have already taken. First, we’ve fixed the vulnerability and informed law enforcement. Second, we have reset the access tokens