Facebook scare in Bangalore - 2 lakh accounts hacked

[subhy259]

The recent Facebook hack has reportedly claimed over 2 lakh victims in Bangalore. According to a news report in Mid Day, some two lakh Facebook users in Bangalore had their accounts hacked and weblinks to their morphed pornographic pictures sent as feeds to friends and family.

Quoting social networking analysts, the report says that more than 2 lakh Bangalore Facebook accounts were hacked. The cybercrime department too is reported to have received calls and complaints regarding the mass hacking.

According to the report, there are around 50 posts on Facebook stating that the users are quitting the social networking site forever after being embarrassed before friends and family.

Incidentally, according to a Bloomberg report, Facebook claimed that it has identified those responsible for the deluge of hardcore porn and violent images in some users' newsfeeds, and said it is working with its legal team "to ensure appropriate consequences follow."

The social networking company made the statement after porn, pictures of extreme violence and faked photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber in sexual situations had overrun the profiles of some Facebook users.

Facebook said that it has "drastically limited the damage caused" by a spam attack that took advantage of a browser vulnerability. "Protecting the people who use Facebook from spam and malicious content is a top priority for us," Palo Alto, California-based Facebook said in a statement.

Users were tricked into pasting malware into their browsers, which in turn resulted in the sharing of offensive content, Facebook said.


Source :

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/t...w/10754012.cms

subhy259 Reviewed by subhy259 on 16th Nov 2011. Facebook scare in Bangalore - 2 lakh accounts hacked The recent Facebook hack has reportedly claimed over 2 lakh victims in Bangalore. According to a news report in Mid Day, some two lakh Facebook users in Bangalore had their accounts hacked and weblinks to their morphed pornographic pictures sent as feeds to friends and family. Quoting social networking analysts, the report says that more than 2 lakh Bangalore Facebook accounts were hacked. The cybercrime department too is reported to have received calls and complaints regarding the mass Rating: 5

[Funny]

Omg Bangalore?
Wtf time to check my fb account naw

[EnCiPh3r]

lol yeh few of my friends too

[nba517]

over 2 lakh victims

Jesus it's crazy

[M.D.House]

You should mean 2 accounts with LOW/WEAK security/protection.

99.99% of the hackers are JUST jerks, who know a little more than others jerks.

[rkze1]

You should mean 2 accounts with LOW/WEAK security/protection.

99.99% of the hackers are JUST jerks, who know a little more than others jerks.

lol 1 lakh = 100 000, 2 lakh = 200 000

[Gh0st]

Lol @ this.

[wrestledld]

ops................

[M.D.House]

lol 1 lakh = 100 000, 2 lakh = 200 000

Ok, my mistake. So, 2 lakh accounts with low/weak security/protection.

Or 2 lakh morons, who have swallowed the bait in their E-mail.

Shit happen, but they happen ofter, when you are moron.

[Maniac_]

True, there is no way anybody can hack you unless your did something wrong.

Maybe they used public routers (access points) and people just "gave away" all their details by logging in to facebook using a non-encrypted network.