Seems likely the Facebook hack was a precursor to follow-up hacks, wherein the stolen personal info is used as fodder for spear-phishing and identity theft. We could be feeling the effects of this for years. twitter.com/MikeIsaac/stat
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If your password is stolen, you change your password. The damage is done and you move on.
But if all your identifying personal information is stolen? You can't change that. It could haunt you for the rest of your life.
On a press call, Facebook VP Guy Rosen apologizes for the breach: "People's privacy and security are important to us, and we are sorry this happened."
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Facebook says it has "no reason to believe" the attack was related to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. That's... slightly reassuring, maybe?
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One question I'd love to hear someone ask on the ongoing Facebook press call: Is there any indication that the attackers may have had inside help?
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Facebook described the attack as relying on three separate security vulnerabilities, which could be exploited in tandem to obtain access tokens. Seems like it would have been tough--not to say impossible--to find all of those bugs unless you knew where to look...
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Sounds like they are going to duck answering that, on the grounds that the FBI has asked them not to talk about who might be behind the hack.
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