Byron Ng hacks Facebook
p2pnet news | Security:- Byron Ng, a freelance computer tech based in Vancouver, Canada, has been at it again, this time hacking Facebook to reveal Private Paris Pix.
Last year he downloaded Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Pirate Bay.
“Alleged copies started showing up online almost as soon as their popularity had been firmly established and there’s been a fairly constant supply of scans online, a reality which doesn’t seem to have made any impression whatsoever on the sale of the books,” p2pnet posted. “Nor has the equally undeniable fact at the Potter movies have been appearing on the P2P networks made a dent in their popularity ofline.”
Now he’s used a recent Facebook ‘privacy’ upgrade to get unauthorised access to private pictures of Paris Hilton, “and photos of many other people who hadn’t granted access to Ng,” says the Associated Press, going on:
“Using Ng’s template, an AP reporter was able to look up random people on Facebook and see the most recent pictures posted on their personal profiles even if the photos were supposed to be invisible to strangers.
“The revealed snapshots showed Italian vacations, office gatherings, holiday parties and college students on spring break.
“The AP also was able to click through a personal photo album that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg posted in November 2005.”
Adds the story >>>
Some members of social networks like Facebook post photos of themselves or others in potentially embarrassing or compromising situations that include illegal drug use or underage drinking that can cause trouble at school or work. None of the photos reviewed by the AP appeared to fall into this category.
Despite the risks, more people than ever – especially teenagers and young adults â are publishing personal photos and other intimate details about their lives on the Internet.
News Corp.’s MySpace.com, the only online social network larger than Facebook, suffered a security breach that exposed its members’ private photos earlier this year.
The exploit was quickly fixed.
Also See:
The Pirate Bay – Harry Potter and the Leaked Pages, July, 2007
showing up online – Latest Harry Potter online, July 17, 2007
Associated Press – Security Lapse Exposes Facebook Photos, March 24and, 2008
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March 31st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Yeah right this guy did not find this. It has been public for months. I can’t believe this fucking dumbass is taking credit for someone elses find.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Show us the money or this is a fake story…we have to try the exploit for ourselves before we’ll believe this ever happened.