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Attackers chained three bugs to breach into the Facebook platform

October 2, 2018

Facebook has revealed additional details about the cyber attack that exposed personal information of 50 million accounts.

Last week, Facebook announced that attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of 50 Million Users.

The “View As” feature allows users to see how others see their profile, it was implemented under the privacy section to help users to check that only intended data is visible for their public profile.

Facebook noticed a traffic spike on September 16 but determined that is was under attack on September 25, when it also discovered the way attackers breached the platform. The incident was disclosed on September 27.

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