So U Can Hack Facebook...AND...

June 2009

New Facebook blog: We can hack into your profile. FBHive, a new blog devoted to the discussion of all things Facebook, has debuted with the revelation that its creators have discovered a hack that can expose some crucial profile data. It will not expose an individual’s personal photos or wall posts. But, FBHive says, it can bring up all the “basic information” that a user has entered into their profile, even if a user has elected to keep that information private. This is the section that includes location, gender, relationship status, relationships (significant other, parents, siblings), political views, religious views, birthday, and hometown. That is enough to be a problem in the identity theft department, as it could easily expose frequent password hints like dates of birth and mothers’ maiden names. FBHive has not shared the details of the newly discovered hack; more disconcertingly, it said Facebook has done nothing since it alerted the social network to the issue earlier this month.