Facebook suffers another security problem that exposes the photos of 6.8 million users
Facebook's black year closes with a new security and privacy problem for users, exposing private photos of some 6.8 million users.
It seems that the security and privacy issues are going to last until the last day. It has been announced that Facebook, which is already in trouble with the Cambridge Analityca scandal, has had the umpteenth security breach this year and just when it is being looked at most closely. The security flaw in this case is that the company has shown private images of millions of users of the social network.
Facebook shows private images for another security flaw.
The company has communicated in the last hours that they have suffered a new security breach that has affected a total of 6.8 million users. From the social network they indicate that this problem has been shown for 12 days, specifically between September 13 and September 15, making itself known now, months after the incident.
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They assure from Facebook that the problem has been solved and the company has recognized that the problem was due to some 1.500 third-party applications that were owned by a total of 876 companies or independent developers that have nothing to do with the social network.
According to the information offered by the company, the security problem has been caused by a photography API and the users affected by the problem logged in with their account on the social network in third-party applications, giving the relevant permissions to those applications, so that without Users know it, the developers of these applications could access private images.
All these problems of the social network only reveal the complete lack of interest of Facebook in controlling the problem and guaranteeing the security and privacy of users. These scandals are taking their toll on the company, which loses users every day, tired of these problems, in addition to the fact that the social network no longer offers anything attractive for many users.
Source: GSMA
