Facebook says third-party apps not affected by security breach

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Facebook has said that third-party apps allowing users to log in using their Facebook account do not appear to have been compromised by last week’s security attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tinder and Spotify are among the high-profile services which allow users to log in using an existing Facebook account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The social network revealed last Friday that up to 50 million accounts had been compromised in a cyber attack which stole access tokens used to keep users logged into their accounts&comma; which in the wrong hands could be used to take over user accounts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Facebook reset the access tokens for the affected accounts&comma; as well as logging out 40 million other users as a precautionary measure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an update on the incident&comma; which Facebook says it is still investigating&comma; product management vice president Guy Rosen said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve had questions about what exactly this attack means for the apps using Facebook Login&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have now analysed our logs for all third-party apps installed or logged in during the attack we discovered last week&period; That investigation has so far found no evidence that the attackers accessed any apps using Facebook Login&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; The EU said it was preparing to investigate Facebook over the breach&comma; which could have impacted nearly five million European users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investigators at the Irish Data Protection Commission &lpar;IDPC&rpar;&comma; the lead supervisory authority for Facebook in the EU&comma; said it was gathering information and establishing the basis for an inquiry under the General Data Protection Regulation &lpar;GDPR&rpar; introduced this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If it is found to have broken the guidelines&comma; the social media giant could face a maximum fine of 1&period;63 billion dollars &lpar;€1&period;4bn&rpar;&comma; or 4&percnt; of annual revenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was a serious issue and we worked fast to protect the security of people’s accounts and investigate what happened&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Rosen said in his update&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re sorry that this attack happened — and we’ll continue to update people as we find out more&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd35cf21d38">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd35cf21d38'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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