There have been reports of spammers forum rampant help of Facebook and this is the second time this happened. Facebook bug was noted and corrected.
“The protection of people who use Facebook from spam and dangerous content is our top priority,” said a representative spokesman for Facebook said, “Recently, we have confirmed a spam attacks directed to the help center (the Facebook help center) by exploiting a flaw in the security system. staff responded quickly and handled most of the spam attacks. We I’m trying to improve the protection system against similar attacks in the future. ”
The problem is that this is not true. The spam continues to spread in the help forum. Moreover, the spam attacks the previous day has not been cleaned.
There have been reports of spammers forum rampant help of Facebook and this is the second time this happened. Facebook bug was noted and corrected. “The protection of people who use Facebook from spam and dangerous content is our top priority,” said a representative spokesman for Facebook said, “Recently, we have confirmed a spam attacks directed to the help center (the Facebook help center) by exploiting a flaw in the security system. staff responded quickly and handled most of the spam attacks. We I’m trying to improve the protection system against similar attacks in the future. “ The problem is that this is not true. The spam continues to spread in the help forum. Moreover, the spam attacks the previous day has not been cleaned.
Spam is flooding the Facebook Help Center.
Spam is flooding the Facebook Help Center.
Facebook has probably clean up some spam, but it is clear that the problem has not been completely repaired. Still the spam both old and new across the board.
While this forum is designed to answer questions in many fields, the spam attack was completely paralyze the forum. The attack not only who should be answering questions can click on the link spam, but also make the system support users of the social network are completely paralyzed.
Located in the campaign attacked with spam, fake accounts on Facebook posted the link TV football matches and other programs. Many virtual account has been created just for this purpose.
A spokesman for Facebook said, “To protect the user, we have developed mechanisms to quickly shut down the malicious pages with content, accounts and applications can spread spam by taking advantage of the use or exploit vulnerabilities in the browser. We’ve also restored in terms of those who are affected by spam so that they can overcome their account closer and find out how to protect your account his Facebook. “
“In addition to these safeguards, we will increase the protection system to reduce the rate of these attacks and better protect users. Addition to a team of engineers to build tools to block spam, we I also take the measures to search for and identify those responsible for the attacks and to work with them according to law, to ensure the interests of consumers “.
The second attack was expected to be weaker than previous attacks, but the situation will be worse if Facebook does not take appropriate action. Clear and serious attacks than we thought.
Mon, Sep 3, 2012, by Huy Ho
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