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600,000 Facebook Logins Are Hijacked Every Day [Security]

600,000 Facebook Logins Are Hijacked Every Day [Security]


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Facebook thought it was bragging when it announced recently that just 0.06% of its 1 billion daily user logins were made by hijacked accounts. But that's a hell of a lot of logins by hackers and spammers: 600,000/day, according to Sophos. Their new incredibly complicated super-friends scheme should fix this.More Read More ...

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