FB: 2L Banglaore A/c hacked.. Morphed pics sent to contacts

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The recent Facebook hack has reportedly claimed over 2 lakh victims in Bangalore. According to a news report in Mid Day, some two lakh Facebook users in Bangalore had their accounts hacked and weblinks to their morphed pornographic pictures sent as feeds to friends and family.

Quoting social networking analysts, the report says that more than 2 lakh Bangalore Facebook accounts were hacked. The cybercrime department too is reported to have received calls and complaints regarding the mass hacking.

According to the report, there are around 50 posts on Facebook stating that the users are quitting the social networking site forever after being embarrassed before friends and family.

Incidentally, according to a Bloomberg report, Facebook claimed that it has identified those responsible for the deluge of hardcore porn and violent images in some users' newsfeeds, and said it is working with its legal team "to ensure appropriate consequences follow."

The social networking company made the statement after porn, pictures of extreme violence and faked photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber in sexual situations had overrun the profiles of some Facebook users.

Facebook said that it has "drastically limited the damage caused" by a spam attack that took advantage of a browser vulnerability. "Protecting the people who use Facebook from spam and malicious content is a top priority for us," Palo Alto, California-based Facebook said in a statement.

Users were tricked into pasting malware into their browsers, which in turn resulted in the sharing of offensive content, Facebook said.

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Scary enough.
 
TOI: read it for the comments, not the article.

Still, from the article:
Users were tricked into pasting malware into their browsers, which in turn resulted in the sharing of offensive content, Facebook said.
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-- Why blame FB for this?

Would you blame Godrej if you gave the keys to your home lock to someone else?

IRL equivalent
Homeowners were tricked into letting thieves into their homes, which in turn resulted in theft of belongings
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Would you blame Godrej if you gave the keys to your home lock to someone else?
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Well yes when it says Free Recharge for Rs 100....even one of the members above in this thread who can afford even a 10k recharge had pasted the link and handled himself to jerks :D
 
Survey 2011

This was the photo in the link

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Could it be due to some of these links ;) Who knows, after seeing the girl in the photo, Confirm as friend? ;)
 
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