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Facebook has disabled accounts operated by a Russian business that the social network says scraped user data from its platform. The Russian company, SocialDataHub, advertises insights through publicly available information. According to Facebook, that includes information gleaned from its users. Related: REMIND your hacked Facebook Logins Available on DarkWeb just For $3.90 FACEBOOK SAID IT EXPECTS TO DISABLE MORE “As part of our efforts to protect people’s security, we have recently removed Social Data Hub (SDH), a Russian-linked social media firm, because they were scraping people’s information,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. “This is a violation of our terms of service, and we’ve disabled more than 66 of SDH’s accounts, profiles, Pages, and apps from our service — and we expect to find and disable more.” In a statement, a SocialDataHub representative said that, in some circumstances, they provide “scoring on open data,” which can be found through a Google search. T...

Facebook recently suffered a massive breach of login tokens that posed a risk to 50 million accounts all over the world. A recent article by The Independent reveals that the hacked data is available on Dark Web and can be grabbed for as low as $3.90. Related:  Do you know everything about Facebook's data breach affecting 50M USERS? There are many listings found the Dark Web that are offering users’ personal data for low prices. Such listings are featured on popular dark web marketplaces such as Dream Market. What makes the issue more pressing is the fact that the listing has been posted by trusted sellers which nearly confirms the authenticity of the data. Dream market uses a rating system akin to other online retailers such as Amazon and eBay, and sellers are rated according to their authenticity. Related:  Facebook's Breach will be Forgotten? DATA is Misused. However, the marketplace does not accept cash or online payment. Those who need to purchase the facebook’s hac...

By Josh Constine on Sep 30 We cared about Cambridge Analytica because it could have helped elect Trump. We ignored LocationSmart because even the though the company was selling and exposing the real-time GPS coordinates of our phones, it was never clear exactly if or how that data was misused. This idea, that privacy issues are abstract concepts for most people until they become security or ideological problems, is important to understanding Facebook’s  massive breach revealed this week.  The social network’s engineering was sloppy, allowing three bugs to be combined to steal the access tokens of 50 million people. In pursuit of rapid growth at affordable efficiency, Facebook failed to protect its users. This assessment doesn’t discount that. Facebook screwed up big time. But despite the potential that those access tokens could have let the attackers take over user accounts, act as them, and scrape their personal info, it’s unclear how much users really care. That’s be...