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Facebook Faces Worst Downtime in Four Years

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September 23, 2010

Facebook has clarified, in a lengthy blog post, details about this outage which it calls the worst outage of the site in four years. Earlier today, Facebook was unavailable for a lengthy period of time  – throwing continuous error messages. With Twitter too facing an attack not long ago, many thought of this being...
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Facebook Tightens Security To Fight Hacking

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September 21, 2010

Facebook is implementing new ways of detecting account hacking in a bid to stem fraud on the social networking site. Security is being tightened to protect users from hacking and identity theft, a growing problem online. The secretary general of Interpol revealed last week his Facebook identity had been used by people trying to...
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Facebook Places just too much information?

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August 28, 2010

Computerworld – With the launch of Facebook Places, users need to figure out if this service is a cool new tool or an overbearing feature best avoided. The social networking site’s new location-based feature, dubbed Places, was unveiled last week. The smartphone-based service is designed to let users tell their friends where they are,...
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‘LOL is this you?’ spam spreading via Facebook chat

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August 27, 2010

Facebook on Friday afternoon was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links. The messages say “LOL is this you?” and are accompanied by a link that looks like it leads to a video on Facebook, one victim...
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Facebook ‘dislike’ scam warning

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August 16, 2010

Facebook users are being targeted in a scam that offers them a chance to install a “dislike” button. The scam tricks users into allowing a rogue application to access their profile page, which then posts spam messages. It also attempts to lure people into completing an online survey, for which the scammers are paid...
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