Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Facebook Hackers focus on "Groups"

An anonymous group has exploited a security loophole in the social networking site Facebook by 'hijacking' hundreds of groups. The group has discovered that if the administrator of a Facebook group leaves, any user can appoint themselves as a replacement. Hundreds of groups have been affected, all receiving the same warning: "Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group." "This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severly." Scary, huh? Read more here.

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