Facebook: Ramnit Outbreak Isn't As Severe As Thought
The widely reported attack on Facebook users by the rejiggered Ramnit worm was not as severe as originally thought, according to the social network.
The widely reported attack on Facebook users by the rejiggered Ramnit worm was not as severe as originally thought, according to the social network.
While reports said the Ramnit worm gained access to more than 45,000 Facebook user names and passwords, mostly from France and the U.K., Facebook told ZDNet’s Friending Facebook blog the number was actually much lower, as much of the data were obsolete
A spokesperson for Facebook said:
Last week, we received from external security researchers a set of user credentials that had been harvested by a piece of malware.
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