Hackers Attack 50 Million Facebook Accounts In New Security Flaw

Hackers may have stolen information of 50 million Facebook account holders, the social media giant has disclosed on Friday.

The company said in a statement this evening that the targeted accounts may have been taken over by hackers due to a security flaw.

Facebook said it discovered in the course of the week that the hackers stole some “access tokens” during an attack on its servers.

“It’s clear that attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code,” said Facebook’s Vice President of product management, Guy Rosen.

“We’ve fixed the vulnerability and informed law enforcement,” said Rosen.