'Control Your Info' Hijacks Hundreds Of Facebook Groups

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First Posted: 11-10-09 03:35 PM   |   Updated: 11-10-09 05:00 PM

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Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.

An organization called Control Your Info has taken control of hundreds of Facebook groups.

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Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration. An organization called Contr...
Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration. An organization called Contr...
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by Seaspray0 November 10, 2009 9:19 AM PST
I agree. These guys are white hats as by their actions they've demonstrated no malicious intent. But even if their intentions are good, I suggest they remain anonymous. Too often when someone tries to be a good semaritan, they get bit by the person they are trying to help or by the government. Facebook really owes these guys a big public thank you.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html

Ditto. Yes, I understand this scares Facebook users, but more importantly, it also scares Facebook's IT "professionals" to take the elementary security precautions they should have tested in-house before even releasing Facebook for beta testing.

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