New Facebook bug exposed photos of up to 6.8 million users

Reset the "days since the last Facebook privacy scandal" counter, as a Facebook has just revealed a Photo API bug gave app developers too much access to the photos of up to 5.6 million users......»»

An Irish regulator said on Friday it had launched an investigation into Facebook Inc after the company disclosed a bug that may have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users, the latest in a series of Facebook privacy glitches......»»

An Irish regulator said on Friday it was investigating Facebook Inc following the company's disclosure that a bug may have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users, the latest in a series of Facebook privacy glitches......»»

Facebook revealed that about 6.8 million users might have had their pictures exposed to third party app developers without their permission because of a software bug. Veuer's Natasha Abellard has the story......»»

Facebook said unshared pictures of up to 6.8 million users may have been exposed by a software issue that granted app developers access to the photos, the latest in a series of privacy snafus at the social-media company......»»

Facebook said unshared pictures of up to 6.8 million users may have been exposed by a software issue that granted app developers access to the photos, the latest in a series of privacy snafus at the social-media company......»»

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) privacy controls have broken down yet again Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had photos exposed t.....»»

The information — previously leaked but now made more widely available — was shared online Saturday, according to the news site Insider......»»

An online database exposed the names, Facebook ID, and phone numbers of more than 267 million people, according to data security researcher Bob Diachen.....»»

It’s been a tumultuous few months for Facebook. A data breach in fall 2018 exposed information about 30 million of its users to hackers......»»

A former Cambridge Analytica research director said the number of Facebook users whose data was breached “absolutely” could be more than 87 million......»»

The social media giant on Monday said that is auditing each and every app that has access to the data of its users and has already suspended 200 apps which failed to comply with its policies.....»»

3 million Facebook users had their data exposed for four years on an unsecured website, according to New Scientist. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story......»»

Sensitive Facebook information for up to 120 million users was exposed online for years, researcher says......»»

Facebook said an attack on its networks earlier this week exposed information on up to 50 million users......»»

The breach was discovered on Tuesday afternoon after an engineering team found that attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code. .....»»

An attack on Facebook exposed information on nearly 50 million of the social network's users, the company announced Friday -- and gave the attackers access to those users' accounts with other sites and apps that they logged into using Facebook......»»

Facebook said an attack on its networks earlier this week exposed information on up to 50 million users......»»

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Some 30 million Facebook users were victims of the hacking attack it revealed recently. That attack exposed the personal information of many users, including their names, phone numbers, birth .....»»

Facebook Inc said on Friday it has discovered a bug that may have affected up to 6.8 million people who used Facebook login to grant permission to third-party apps to access photos......»»