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Symantec says Facebook site leaked information

Posted on May 11, 2011July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Robert McMillan reports:

A programming bug on Facebook’s website may have accidentally given advertisers and others access to a treasure trove of personal information, according to security researchers at Symantec.

They posted details of the issue Tuesday, saying it may have affected nearly 100,000 Facebook applications for years now.

Read more on Computerworld.

Over on Facebook’s Developer Blog, Naitik Shah wrote that they are working to improve authentication methods. According to Symantec, however, concerned Facebook users should change their passwords.

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