Facebook security breach affects 50 million users

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Facebook security breach affects 50 million users

Company logs off 90 million accounts as a precaution.

Hackers uncovered a security vulnerability at Facebook that allowed them to take over up to 50 million user accounts. Facebook, which has more than 2 billion monthly active users, said it has been unable to determine yet whether the attackers misused any of the affected accounts or stole private ...

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