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Released: November 16, 2011
Facebook security breach raises concerns
Source: Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post (Free Registration)
A widespread spam attack on Facebook has caused violent and pornographic images to be posted on some users’ profile pages, representing one of the worst security breaches in the young Web site’s history and raising concerns about its vulnerability to hackers.
The company, which acknowledged the problem Monday, said it was working to shut down the accounts responsible for the attack.
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