Facebook Was Hacked How To Tell If Your Data Was Stolen
August 28, 2022 · 2 min · 266 words · Lisa Philips
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Hackers exploited a vulnerability in code for the “View As” feature The vulnerability (the result of three bugs) first appeared in 2017 Hackers stole access tokens used to take over people’s accounts
For 15 million users, the attackers accessed two sets of information: name and contact details (phone number, email, or both, depending on what people had on their profiles). For 14 million users, the attackers accessed the same two sets of information, as well as other details on profiles (username, gender, locale/language, relationship status, religion, hometown, self-reported current city, birthdate, device types used to access Facebook, education, work, the last 10 places they checked into or were tagged in, website, people or Pages they follow, and the 15 most recent searches). For one million users, the attackers did not access any information.
The vulnerability in Facebook’s code has been fixed Facebook informed the authorities in September 2018 Facebook began alerting users of the breach in September 2018
