[LINK] facebook code leak and privacy concerns

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/13/internet
Facebook's code leak raises fears of fraud

· Bug blamed for security concerns on popular site
· Networkers in growing danger of identity theft

     * Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent
     * The Guardian
     * Monday August 13 2007

Experts are warning internet users to be more 
careful with their private information after 
secret code from the popular social-networking 
site Facebook was published on the internet.

This is the first time that some of the site's 
secret operational code has been made public. 
Although it does not allow hackers to access 
private information directly, it could help 
criminals close in on personal data, according to one expert.

Nik Cubrilovic, of Techcrunch.com, said: "This 
leak is not good news for Facebook, as it raises 
the question of how secure a user's private data 
really is. Facebook has become such a success and 
has such a high profile that it has become a 
magnet for attacks against its systems."

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