A total of 30 million users were affected by the hack reported at the end of September of the Facebook social network. Of almost half of these hackers, they stole almost all their personal information, saved on the page.
In this regard, Facebook had said last month that it had a record of 50 million accounts answered by the attack that took place during July 2017 and until September 2018.
Meanwhile, the attack that is currently being made, the use of an account in the adjustment of Facebook accounts and hackers have the login credentials to control the accounts, said the social network.
In this way, hackers stole names and contact details such as telephone, mail or both, from 15 million affected. Of another 14 million, hackers stole that same information, in addition to data such as username, religion, marital status, language, education, work, birthdays, devices from the beginning of the session, place of birth, city of residence and the last 10 places where they were labeled. The remaining million did not steal information, says Facebook.
We know that fewer people were directed to those we originally thought, given in the announcement Guy Rosen, vice president of product management on Facebook. Of the 50 million people who had access to credentials and credits, to the 30 million people who are in the moment.
Meanwhile, Facebook says that the attack has been released in the same way in account settings that allows you to view different profile forms (such as a friend or a stranger). In this way, we use an automated technique to take into account the account to steal information from those friends, friends of friends and thus create a chain reaction.
Affected users, those received received during the next days. Also, the attack does not involve other services of the social network such as Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Pages, financial information and developer and advertising accounts.
The announcement of a new era in which Facebook has been under the eye of the hurricane due to security problems. From the past by Cambridge Analytica, the participation in misinformation in federal elections in various countries, the alleged collaboration with Huawei to deliver user data, the misuse of users' phone numbers, and even the dismissal of Alex Stamos, the head of security for the firm.