Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Photos Hacked
A series of private pictures of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg were posted online after they were hacked in an apparent effort to showcase the world’s largest social network's security gaps.
In total, 14 pictures of Zuckerberg were posted online with the headline, "It's time to fix those security flaws Facebook.”
In a statement released by Facebook, the company said, “We discovered a bug in one of our reporting flows that allows people to report multiple instances of inappropriate content simultaneously.”
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The bug was discovered by members of an online bodybuilding forum who went on to post instructions on how to view private photos, according to the BBC.
The bug was designed to allow access and also the ability to view a limited number of another user's recently uploaded photos, regardless of the privacy settings for the particular set photos.
The BBC explained the glitch worked when users reported a public profile picture of a user as graphic or containing pornography. The users were then invited by Facebook to view more of the person's pictures to look for similar content. They were then able to scroll over the list of thumbnail pictures while being able to easily enlarge and download the personal photographs.
Those responsible used the loophole to gain access into Zuckerberg's personal pages. He is currently the most highly profiled member of Facebook's 850 million users.
The photographs of Zuckerberg on the BBC website included shots of him preparing food with his girlfriend, holding a chicken by the leg and meeting U.S. President Barack Obama.
The timing of this embarrassing incident comes just a week after the Federal Trade Commission slammed changes made to Facebook's privacy settings two years ago. The FCC accused the social network of deceptive practices and demanded it subject itself to regular independent audits over the next 20 years.
In a blog post, Zuckerberg said that, “It's important for people to think about this, and not one day goes by when I don't think about what it means for us to be the stewards of this community and their trust.”
