Indian software developer Laxman of Mute noticed in Facebook gaffe. It allows anyone to fix photo by unauthorized users even without specialized hacking skills.
When you desire the hacker wouldn't need to make use of some accessories, it would all be done via the browser.
The mistake contained in the permit system for access to data in the social network engine. It was enough to write in the address bar of the command to delete someone else's album, but to insert the code key from the personal account Facebook on Android and the album was just gone. Professionals dubbed it a simple error, but which will never ever would have thought.
Management of Facebook was awarded a software developer with a prize of 12,500 dollars, according to TechCrunch. If this misstep thought of the burglar, the social network would suffer quite seriously, it is unknown how many hundreds or thousands of photos he had to remove before the software developers of the company have guessed what was the matter.
Facebook took 2 hours to eliminate the "hole" in the code. Experts warn that somehow it is not necessary to use a social network as store your own photos. Can happen anything from a lost password to attacks by hackers and all the pictures from vacation, photos of loved ones and buddies, memorable images just disappear.
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