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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Facebook already hit with a lawsuit tied to the latest data breach

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That didn't take long. Hours after Facebook revealed that at least 50 million users were "directly affected" by a data breach, two of the social network's users have come together in a class-action lawsuit. 

It started early on Friday. Facebook alerted users that a security issue had been discovered on Tuesday, Sept. 25. A vulnerability in the site's "View As" feature — which lets users see what others do when viewing their profile — gave hackers the means to take over people's accounts.

It's a bad situation that subsequently grew worse. Hours after the initial news broke, it became clear that Facebook users who had connected their profile to an Instagram account — and, potentially, any other third-party service — were at risk on those other platforms as well. Read more...

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