Facebook Hacked, Facebook Bug, Mark Zuckerberg Pictures Posted Online
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| Zuckerberg Facebook Photos Hacked |
It has been said that the private photos of Mark Zujerberg, founder of Facebook has been published online by some hackers in the error in a social network context. It is said that total 14 pictures of Mark Zuckerberg were leaked because of some Facebook bug. Picures of Mark were hacked by the errors associated with the tool that allow users to report inappropriate images.
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| Pictures showed Mr Zuckerberg and his girlfriend cooking |
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| Mr Zuckerberg and a chicken |
“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,” the statement read.
The BBC asked Facebook’s permission before publishing the photographs of Mr Zuckerberg. The firm said that as the pictures were now in the public domain it would not be pursuing copyright infringement claims.
Loophole – The bug was discovered by members of a bodybuilding forum who went on to post step-by-step instructions on how to view private photos.
When users reported a public profile picture of someone as inappropriate, they were invited by Facebook to view more of the person’s pictures to look for similar content. The thumbnails shown to them were easy to enlarge and download.
The “hackers” used the loophole to break into Mr Zuckerberg’s pages, as the most high profile member of Facebook’s 850 million users.
The images of Mr Zuckerberg included shots of him preparing food with his girlfriend, holding a chicken by the leg and meeting US President Barack Obama.
The embarrassing incident comes a week after the Federal Trade Commission slammed changes made to Facebook’s privacy settings two years ago. It accused the social network of deceptive practices and demanded it subject itself to regular audits over the next 20 years.
The above news is based on BBC’s Website.
