Facebook hit by massive spam attack; more than 60 lakh accounts hacked. edit: spammed

[KDroid]

A massive spam attack has hit Facebook, causing significant problems for the social networking site. Facebook accounts are being flooded with graphic images of violence and pornography. According to reports, more than two lakhs Facebook accounts from Bangalore have been attacked. A number of users have complained that their profile pictures have been put on porn sites. Globally, more than 60 lakh Facebook accounts have been reportedly hacked since Sunday night.The virus, rapidly spreading across the social network, has flooded accounts with gruesome images of hardcore porn and violence. Facebook has also acknowledged the presence of the virus and is presently investigating the matter.

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[gopi_vbboy]

ya heard of it...but no such feed in my fb till now...using mobile...

[d6bmg]

I saw that too in the news, but luckily for me, I've not got any such feed(s).

[KDroid]

Facebook has deleted all such content now. I received couple of messages with disturbing attachments.

Now,

[socrates]

And now comes the denial

Facebook has rejected reports of hacking of its users' accounts in India. It also denied claims that the profile pictures of its users were transferred to any unwanted site.
“There have been inaccurate reports of Facebook users' accounts being hacked. This is not true. Users photos are not being transferred to an unwanted site and no accounts have been compromised,” says Facebook. “Protecting the people who use Facebook from spam and malicious content is a top priority for us. We are always working to improve our systems to isolate and remove material that violates our terms, and take action on those who is responsible for these types of content.”

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[Charan]

I don't have a Facebook account but unfortunately every other person I know who has a Facebook account is least concerned uneducated about his/her privacy settings!! ..

[d6bmg]

Originally Posted by Charan

I don't have a Facebook account

What??
I guess you are very few of those people who visit online forums but don't have facebook account.

[socrates]

First came the denial 'Facebook says no accounts were hacked during spam attack'

Then came the blame game "Browser Vulnerability" Facilitated Facebook Porn Attack

another school of thought. 'Explicit images may push users away and enterprises to ban the social network, say analysts'

I wonder how many actually do this.

[Charan]

Originally Posted by d6bmg

What??
I guess you are very few of those people who visit online forums but don't have facebook account.

Well I consider TDF as my first and probably the best Social network I had ever been a member of

I am paranoid about privacy .

BTW .. if I am against Social Network ..., does it make me Anti-Social?

[jayantr7]

Originally Posted by kunal.d

Facebook has deleted all such content now. I received couple of messages with disturbing attachments.

Now,

I also got this message 1 week ago from my friend, and I thought the person by mistake deleted it. Hopefully, it's over now.

[KDroid]

Originally Posted by Charan

Well I consider TDF as my first and probably the best Social network I had ever been a member of

Yeah!

These days, I check out my User CP more than I used to check out my fb notifications. Thanx to TDF, I've almost got rid of Facebook.

[d6bmg]

Originally Posted by Charan

Well I consider TDF as my first and probably the best Social network I had ever been a member of

I am paranoid about privacy .

BTW .. if I am against Social Network ..., does it make me Anti-Social?

No, actually it makes you more social. (you can call it, anti-e-social though )

[dashing.sujay]

Originally Posted by Charan

I don't have a Facebook account but unfortunately every other person I know who has a Facebook account is least concerned uneducated about his/her privacy settings!! ..

True. People not even care to increase account protection even after FB warns about it during every login. BTW I remember very well that you had a siggy mentioning "I will never be found online may be its gmail, fb or whatever, but on TDF, yeah"

Originally Posted by d6bmg

What??
I guess you are very few of those people who visit online forums but don't have facebook account.

I have it from 2006, but deactivated it

[Sam]

so is this spam attack automated or it gets initiated after clicking some link (like videos)?

[dashing.sujay]

^^Yeah, after clickilng on some "external" links, which are made to lure you to click on them.

[ico]

Twitter.

[dashing.sujay]

Originally Posted by ico

Twitter.

Till date, neither I haven't joined, nor tried. Actually never felt the need.

[s18000rpm]

Originally Posted by ico

Twitter.

Thanks to GTA 4, I always read twitter with an "a".

[Sam]

Originally Posted by dashing.sujay

^^Yeah, after clickilng on some "external" links, which are made to lure you to click on them.

then my guess is, 99% victim are boys reason you know.

[dashing.sujay]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

Thanks to GTA 4, I always read twitter with an "a".

Didn't get it.

Originally Posted by Sam

then my guess is, 99% victim are boys reason you know.

Yep

[ico]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

Thanks to GTA 4, I always read twitter with an "a".

hehe.

Twatter: What the **** are you doing?

[doomgiver]

Originally Posted by dashing.sujay

Didn't get it.

grow up first

[D@rekills4]

I don't have a Facebook account but upon reading this, a FaceBooker would say :

Brah, my password is soo epic that not even a hacker can hack it.



In reality, his password is :
His phone number.....

[Anorion]

i got fakebook account lol, just for offers and freebs and to troll some pages i don agree with lol

[The Sorcerer]

Are you sure its hacked? If there's a malicious app in facebook and people use it, out of which the app gets access to do whatever in the person's facebook profile then its not hacking.

This wasn't in the news, but Times of India was under enormous pressure when they published online stating that facebook's 6 Lakhs account was hacked. Within a day's time TOI re-written their article and changed their headline, but a part of original headline can be seen easily. on the URL I am not sure if Digit follows in, but Press Council of India already did say that a lot of reporters are publishing stuff to create sensationalism but in reality that is damaging the Indian press' credibility. Again, are you sure its hacked?

Sad, established media entities are the new sources of inaccurate news/rumour mills.

[coolpcguy]

I mentioned elsewhere, but it wasn't "hacked". It was voluntary spam spread by people clicking on the darn links.

And oh yeah, the whole 60lakh / 2L in Bangalore was conjured up by idiots who picked up a random number.

[The Sorcerer]

@ CPG: Yeah you said it on chip. But there was a very long discussion about this in twitter between 1-2 bloggers, medianama, Times Group journos (apparently even TOI and Times group journos have started mudslinging eachother), labnol and readers. If things like this is put up not only then not only guys like FB will sue media, but rival media will bash eachother and loose credibility.

[coolpcguy]

Ah yeah. I was following that conversation, didn't get involved in it though.

[iamjoe]

I heard it also . I think it must be the work of some in the corporate sector . Because hacking facebook is not a simple task . One require a lot of resourses which can only a big company can provide .. And why it is that accounts from the bangalore are attacked. is there any connection of the bangalore with this attack .

[coolpcguy]

FFS.


IT. WAS. NOT. A. HACK.


There was no hacking, neither was there any "company" involved neither was any city targeted.

See semi-looks-like-porn pic. Watch desperate people click to get free porn. Spam spreads. That's all it was, nothing else.

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