15,818,837
Records Exposed
Sep 2018
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
On September 25, Facebook’s engineering team discovered a security vulnerability in the app’s “View As” feature that resulted in 50 million user accounts being breached. According to Facebook’s announcement, the attackers were able to steal Facebook access tokens from code attached to the “View As” feature, and leverage the tokens to take over user accounts.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
No Passwords
Category
Advertising, Social Media
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
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