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Facebook API Abuse Can Expose Private User Data, Say Hackers

Facebook is ignoring a serious shortcoming in the way it limits application developers’ access to information about Facebook users, according to a pair of hackers. Hackers say Facebook’s API keys have too much power from the moment they are issued, and obtaining one is simple. A Facebook spokesman dismissed the claims, saying: “What this person calls an ‘FQL Injection’ is simply our Facebook Platform APIs working as intended” The two hackers even provided working proof-of-concept code in their advisory.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2129743/facebook-api-abuse-can-expose-private-user-data–say-hackers.html

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