User Data Not Compromised in Facebook Hack, But Was It at Risk?
In a late-Friday release of bad news, Facebook disclosed this afternoon that it had been hacked. The company said that no user data had been affected, but with the amount of private data Facebook stores on its servers, the hack delivered a stark reminder of how vulnerable user privacy is.
In a late-Friday release of bad news, Facebook disclosed this afternoon that it was hacked last month.
The company said it found “no evidence” that user data had been affected, but with the amount of private data Facebook stores on its servers, the hack delivered a stark reminder of how vulnerable user privacy is.
“The reality is our data is not that safe. Millions and millions of machines are infected everyday,” said Chester Wisniewski, a security researcher at Sophos.
Still, Wisniewski pointed out that, while several staffers’ machines were infected, it would take significantly more to open up Facebook’s treasure trove of data.
“They
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