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Facebook App Exposed Data of 120 Million Users

July 2, 2018

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A recently addressed privacy bug on Nametests.com resulted in the data of over 120 million users who took personality quizzes on Facebook to be publicly exposed.

Patched as part of Facebook’s Data Abuse Bounty Program, the vulnerability resided in Nametests.com serving users’ data to any third-party that requested it, something that shouldn’t normally happen.

Facebook launched its Data Abuse Bounty Program in April, as part of its efforts to improve user privacy following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The company also updated its terms on privacy and data sharing, but also admitted to tracking people over the Internet, even those who are not Facebook users.

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