Would A Facebook Hack Hurt Brands?

By now most of us have heard that the hacktivist coalition Anomymous’ reported Facebook shutdown Nov. 5 isn’t going to happen.

News agencies around the world went wild reporting that the loosely tied hacker collective was going to take down the world’s largest social network, in an effort to embarrass the Silicon Valley company and show its loyal user base how brazenly it hands out their personal data.

It was a story that sent shivers down the spines of Facebook addicts everywhere.

But at PRNewser we are less concerned if you suddenly won’t be able to log in to see if your babysitter has checked in at a bar or your cousin in Montana has finally watched Moonstruck (the top two items in my Facebook newsfeed right now).

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