October 29 Beijing time news, according to foreign media reports, social networking site Facebook denied that among the one billion daily logins to the site, 600,000 were made by imposters who intended to steal users' information, pictures, and other personal details.
Facebook disclosed this information in a blog post. The blog claimed that the site has introduced several new security measures which will be implemented in the coming weeks to prevent these hacker intrusions. This number is the first time Facebook has revealed such information, indicating the frequency of daily hacker attacks on the site.
Security experts described this number as "extremely concerning" and advised users to be more cautious when choosing passwords and responding to product recommendation messages from Facebook friends. "When a Facebook registered account is logged into by an imposter, it means that the hacker has control of the account," said Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at computer security organization Sophos. "When hackers control a user's Facebook account, they can post images, send messages, and access all of the user's private information. Facebook has had many security issues for a long time, but it's only now starting to address them."
The most common reason hackers impersonate Facebook accounts is so they can post various spam messages and send false product recommendations to the hacked user's Facebook friends, selling counterfeit and substandard products for economic gain.
Cluley stated that since 30% of internet users use the same password across all their digital accounts, hackers can easily infiltrate more Facebook accounts. He also warned that an increasing number of teenagers are hacking into their school enemies' Facebook accounts and posting prank messages and images under their names.
Facebook declined to comment.
An increasing number of people are also being lured to fake websites by hackers using "phishing" techniques, where they share their registration information, allowing hackers to obtain their passwords and email accounts. Security experts recommend users choose higher-security level passwords to prevent their personal online accounts from being hacked; experts also suggest using different passwords for each digital service they use.
It is understood that among the approximately 600,000 daily attempts by hackers to "impersonate logins" on Facebook, not every attempt achieves its goal. This is because Facebook uses geographic location technology which can protect user accounts from being misused to some extent.
This social network is preparing to launch two new features to further enhance the security of Facebook users. One of these security tools is called "Trusted Friends." When a user's account is hacked and the password is changed making it inaccessible, it allows the user to nominate 3-5 "trusted friends" to send login codes to help restore the account. The site is also planning to introduce application passwords (passwords for apps), meaning when users access third-party services like Spotify through Facebook, they won't need to log in again.
Facebook is the world's largest social network with over 800 million users who spend more than 700 billion minutes on the site each month. About half of the UK population has an account on this site. On average, each user has 130 friends. The 27-year-old tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg founded and continues to operate this website. There are already 764,942 tweets related to Facebook available for discussion.
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