NEW YORK—Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. ( Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg ) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook’s developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. That would let attackers steal the “access tokens” Facebook uses to keep people logged in. Possession of those tokens would allow attackers to “seize control” of user accounts, Facebook said. “As a user, I want Facebook to proactively protect my data and let me know when it’s compromised,” he said.

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 17:30 UTC