Facebook Fixes Issue That Left Users' Phone Numbers Vulnerable
After someone found a security breach that exposed users' phone numbers, Facebook confirmed that it has patched the hole. According to Computer World, independent security researcher Suriya Prakash found that Facebook's search-by-phone-number function was heavily flawed, allowing people to easily harvest phone numbers.
After someone found a security breach that exposed users’ phone numbers, Facebook confirmed that it has patched the hole. According to Computer World, independent security researcher Suriya Prakash found that Facebook’s search-by-phone-number function was heavily flawed, allowing people to easily harvest phone numbers.
Facebook traditionally asks users to provide their phone numbers for additional security, also allowing users to search for friends by their digits. However, Prakash found a hole in this program, which easily allowed hackers to access thousands of numbers to sell to telemarketers or use for other devious reasons.
He said he first contacted Facebook about this issue more than one month ago, but he hadn’t really gotten anywhere with his claim until now.
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