Last week , Facebook disclosed amassive attackthat compromised around50 million login token — tokens that many feared could have been used to access thousands of third - party services , admit Tinder and Airbnb . The societal internet ’s on-going investigation concluded today that this has not happened .
In astatementto Reuters , Guy Rosen , Facebook ’s frailty president of ware , say , “ We analyzed third - party accession during the time of the blast we have identified . That investigation has obtain no evidence that the aggressor accessed any apps using Facebook Login . ”
By the time Facebook annunciate the severance , it had also revoked the 50 million hijacked login tokens — as well as an extra 40 million that had used the “ view as ” feature , a site function associate with the exposure these hacker tap — meaning if no such logins took place already , they should not be capable to perform such an attack now .
Facebook has yet to clarify who is responsible for for the flack or what datum they may have take from these 50 million substance abuser . We have hand out for gossip and will update if we hear back .
[ Reuters ]
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