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Hackers Dupe Facebook Users

Phishing scheme scores password information

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(Newser) – Hackers went Facebook-phishing yesterday, nabbing the passwords of an undisclosed number of users, Reuters reports. Facebook is working to restore the site and has blocked accounts hit in what it believes was a ploy to spread future spam. Hackers broke into accounts, sending users’ friends emails that contained links to fake sites resembling the Facebook homepage; these sites asked visitors to log in, thereby giving up their passwords.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg poses at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg poses at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg participates in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland.
In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg participates in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland.   (AP Photo/KEYSTONE, Peter Klaunzer)
In this screen grab provided by Facebook, a sample home page featuring Facebook's new design changes is shown.
In this screen grab provided by Facebook, a sample home page featuring Facebook's new design changes is shown.   (AP Photo/Facebook)
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May 15, 09 8:59 AM CDT
Gotta be careful WTF you do online people. No site is really safe since someone unseen controls the servers and data networks. Is it really some Chinese or Israeli criminal mastermind? Trust is not in the NSA's vocabulary either. Reply
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