Article 4015H Huge Facebook breach leaves thousands of other apps vulnerable

Huge Facebook breach leaves thousands of other apps vulnerable

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Dan Tynan
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The breach affecting 50m accounts took advantage of 'tokens', a system used by third-party platforms such as Spotify

Remember the Facebook hack last week that compromised at least 50m accounts? It's worse than you think.

Last Friday, the social media company revealed a vulnerability that allowed attackers to steal automated log-in credentials (or "tokens").

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