Information: Security Practices and Phishing Attacks

information: The company says it will message those affected over the coming days to tell them what type of information has been accessed, according to Nine News Australia. The breach has left users more vulnerable to targeted phishing attacks and could deepen their unease about posting to a service whose privacy, moderation and security practices have been called into question by a series of scandals, cybersecurity experts and financial analysts say. To improve your experience update it here News World Facebook trims data breach to 29m users4 38am Oct 13, says cyber attackers used an automated program that moved from one friend to the next to steal data from 29 million of its user accounts and not the 50 million profiles it initially reported. The attackers took profile details such as birth dates, employers, education history, religious preference, types of devices used, pages followed and recent searches and location check-ins from 14 million users. Members of congress and investors have grown more concerned Facebook is not doing enough to safeguard data. For the other 15 million users, it was restricted to name and contact details. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.