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Facebook Hacked, 50 Million User Accounts Attacked

Facebook was on Friday hacked and “digital tokens” stolen allowing the attackers to access over 50 million user accounts.

The Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s account was affected alongside that of his Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.

Facebook’s horror year took a dramatic turn for the worse after the social media giant admitted a security flaw had allowed hackers to access 50 million Facebook accounts and potentially view people’s private posts and messages.

As well as exposing people’s personal information on Facebook, the flaw would have allowed attackers to seize control of users’ Facebook accounts, Facebook said.

Vice president Guy Rosen said victims who used their Facebook logins to log into other third-party apps could also have had their information from those sites stolen, and it was taking the breach “very, very seriously”.

Many popular apps – including Instagram, Spotify and Tinder – let people login using Facebook credentials as alternative to setting up a specific login and password just for their apps.