Security News > 2018 > April > Malicious actors used Facebook’s own tools to scrape most users’ public info

Facebook has disabled a search tool that allowed anyone to enter a person’s phone number or email address into Facebook and find their account, along with all the information that user did not choose to hide from others. The company has also announced changes to its account recovery tool. The reason behind this decision? “Malicious actors” have abused these features to scrape public profile information. “Given the scale and sophistication of the activity we’ve seen, … More → The post Malicious actors used Facebook’s own tools to scrape most users’ public info appeared first on Help Net Security.

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