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Welcome to "The Outwrite Podcast". This article is published on www.theoutwrite.com by Varun Singh Rajput.
Facebook was under a wide-scale hack last month wherein almost 50 million users’ data was put to compromise. Although the attack was stopped within 48 hours of its identification and all accounts were secured immediately, Facebook has most recently given out details on what kind of information was leaked and what steps you can take to check, whether you were one of the victims of this hack or not.
You only need to visit Facebook’s Help Centre and log in to your account. Once you are logged in, simply scroll down to the bottom of the page.
There is a section which says: “Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue.” It will give you a quick Yes or No. If the answer is yes, it will also provide you with some added details about what kind of information was taken by the hackers from your account.
Facebook further mentioned in their blog post that actually 30 million users were affected and the type of access is also categorized further. Nearly 15 million accounts were compromised of their Names and contact information whereas the other 14 million accounts were even compromised of other personal details like gender, location, religion and whatever other details mentioned on their profile along with the names and contact information. The remaining 1 million user accounts, Facebook assures that the hackers did not obtain any kind of information.
Also, Facebook mentions in their blog post that “In the coming days, we’ll send customized messages to the 30 million people affected to explain what information the attackers might have accessed, as well as steps they can take to help protect themselves, including from suspicious emails, text messages, or calls.”
As we are aware that the hack was due to a vulnerability in Facebook’s “View As” code, attacking which the hackers stole the access tokens. In case you do not know, access tokens are like digital keys which allow the user to stay logged in via the app and the user does not have to re-enter the password. This gave the hackers access to millions of user profiles.
Once the attack was determined, stern actions were taken to identify the cause and the vulnerability was immediately removed and the tokens were all reset. Owning to this information Facebook also informs that no password was stolen and no other accounts like Messenger, private messages, WhatsApp, payments mode or developer accounts were attacked.
While further investigations are in progress, the hackers do have access to loads of personal data and given the technical intelligence today, we might be aware and keep a close eye on our social and financial services.
Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: [email protected].
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Welcome to "The Outwrite Podcast". This article is published on www.theoutwrite.com by Varun Singh Rajput.
Facebook was under a wide-scale hack last month wherein almost 50 million users’ data was put to compromise. Although the attack was stopped within 48 hours of its identification and all accounts were secured immediately, Facebook has most recently given out details on what kind of information was leaked and what steps you can take to check, whether you were one of the victims of this hack or not.
You only need to visit Facebook’s Help Centre and log in to your account. Once you are logged in, simply scroll down to the bottom of the page.
There is a section which says: “Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue.” It will give you a quick Yes or No. If the answer is yes, it will also provide you with some added details about what kind of information was taken by the hackers from your account.
Facebook further mentioned in their blog post that actually 30 million users were affected and the type of access is also categorized further. Nearly 15 million accounts were compromised of their Names and contact information whereas the other 14 million accounts were even compromised of other personal details like gender, location, religion and whatever other details mentioned on their profile along with the names and contact information. The remaining 1 million user accounts, Facebook assures that the hackers did not obtain any kind of information.
Also, Facebook mentions in their blog post that “In the coming days, we’ll send customized messages to the 30 million people affected to explain what information the attackers might have accessed, as well as steps they can take to help protect themselves, including from suspicious emails, text messages, or calls.”
As we are aware that the hack was due to a vulnerability in Facebook’s “View As” code, attacking which the hackers stole the access tokens. In case you do not know, access tokens are like digital keys which allow the user to stay logged in via the app and the user does not have to re-enter the password. This gave the hackers access to millions of user profiles.
Once the attack was determined, stern actions were taken to identify the cause and the vulnerability was immediately removed and the tokens were all reset. Owning to this information Facebook also informs that no password was stolen and no other accounts like Messenger, private messages, WhatsApp, payments mode or developer accounts were attacked.
While further investigations are in progress, the hackers do have access to loads of personal data and given the technical intelligence today, we might be aware and keep a close eye on our social and financial services.
Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: [email protected].