FaceBook warns 1 Million users about stolen usernames AND passwords

FACEBOOK USERS – CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW!  FaceBook’s parent company, Meta, has discovered a security breech that has effected one million of its users.

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Via Bloomberg News:

The company announced Friday that it identified more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that target internet users in order to steal their login information. Meta said it informed both Apple and Google about the issue in order to facilitate removal of the apps.

The apps worked by disguising themselves as photo editors, mobile games or health trackers, Facebook said.

Apple said 45 of the 400 problematic apps were on its App Store and have been removed. Google removed all [355 of] the malicious apps in question, a spokesperson said.

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