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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook pictures get haxored

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 07 Dec 2011 11:29 User comments (5)

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook pictures get haxored Hackers have posted 14 of Mark Zuckerberg's private Facebook pictures to the Internet in an effort to highlight a serious bug.
The pictures were uploaded to imgur with the headline "It's time to fix those security flaws Facebook."

After the incident, Facebook says it fixed the glitch, which was found in the tools that help users report inappropriate images.

Said Facebook of the glitch (via the Beeb):

Earlier today, we discovered a bug in one of our reporting flows that allows people to report multiple instances of inappropriate content simultaneously.

The bug allowed anyone to view a limited number of another user's most recently uploaded photos irrespective of the privacy settings for these photos.

This was the result of one of our recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once we can confirm the bug has been fixed.




Additionally, the site says the pictures of Zuckerberg are now in the public domain.

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5 user comments

18.12.2011 07:43

lol what is he doing with that chicken ?

link

28.12.2011 22:09

Originally posted by plazma247:
lol what is he doing with that chicken ?

link
His gf is so hot... thanks for posting the link:)

39.12.2011 18:17

Zuckerberg has said that he'll only eat meat this year that he butchers. So presumably he's going to kill and pluck the chicken.

411.12.2011 08:48

ahhhh - they cooked and ate the dog.

514.12.2011 18:19

"we discovered a bug".

Sounds like some lying liars.

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