Facebook users accused him of not having warned of hacking 2018

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A number of Facebook users suing the giant data breach network in 2018 claim that the platform has failed to warn them of the risks badociated with its individual login tool. Even if it protected its employees, announced Monday a US court.

Single sign-on connects users to external social applications and services using their Facebook credentials.

The lawsuit, which combined a number of lawsuits, stems from Facebook's biggest security breach in September, when hackers stole login codes – or "access codes" – allowing them to access the Internet. access data from nearly 29 million accounts.

"Facebook has learned that there was a security breach when accessing the zip code and that it has failed to fix it for years, despite this knowledge." "said the US District Attorney of the Northern California District in San Francisco. "Even more terrible, Facebook has taken steps to protect its staff from security risks, but not the vast majority of its users.

Judge William Alsieupp said he was willing to do anything to reveal the volume of stolen data to users, Facebook having revealed only limited details since the first disclosure of the attack, saying that this only concerned a "large" group of users, without detailing the numbers. Country: USA Part.1

Attackers targeted profile details such as birth dates, employers, educational background, religious preferences, types of devices used, pages tracked, recent searches, and site checks of 14 million d & # 39; users. For the other 15 million users, hacking was limited to name and contact information. . In addition, attackers can view publications, lists of friends and groups of about 400,000 users. Facebook stated that they were not stealing personal messages or financial data and could not access user accounts located on other websites.