Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook wall hacked
Published: 2013 August 19 12:05:00 (5261 Views)
A hacker named Khalil submitted bug reports to Facebook about a vulnerability that allowed him to post on anyone's wall.
When Facebook's security team didn't do anything, Khalil apparently wrote on Mark Zuckerberg's wall about it.
Khalil explained on his blog that he submitted a full description of the bug, plus follow-up proof of its existence to the Facebook security feedback page, where researchers can win rewards of at least $500 for finding significant vulnerabilities.
Then he submitted again. The second time he got an e-mail back that said, "I am sorry this is not a bug."
When he posted on Zuckerberg's wall, Khalil said, "First sorry for breaking your privacy and post to your wall , i has no other choice to make after all the reports i sent to Facebook team ." He then detailed the situation and provided links.
Within minutes, a Facebook engineer contacted Khalil for more information and then blocked his account "as a precaution" while a security team fixed the bug.
Later his account was re-enabled but Facebook says that he cannot claim a reward for the find because in hacking Zuck's wall he violated Facebook's terms of service.
They commented that, "exploiting bugs to impact real users is not acceptable behaviour for a white hat. In this case, the researcher used the bug he discovered to post on the timelines of multiple users without their consent."
Facebook admits, though, that its team should have been more diligent in following up on Khalil's submission.
- TOI
When Facebook's security team didn't do anything, Khalil apparently wrote on Mark Zuckerberg's wall about it.
Khalil explained on his blog that he submitted a full description of the bug, plus follow-up proof of its existence to the Facebook security feedback page, where researchers can win rewards of at least $500 for finding significant vulnerabilities.
Then he submitted again. The second time he got an e-mail back that said, "I am sorry this is not a bug."
When he posted on Zuckerberg's wall, Khalil said, "First sorry for breaking your privacy and post to your wall , i has no other choice to make after all the reports i sent to Facebook team ." He then detailed the situation and provided links.
Within minutes, a Facebook engineer contacted Khalil for more information and then blocked his account "as a precaution" while a security team fixed the bug.
Later his account was re-enabled but Facebook says that he cannot claim a reward for the find because in hacking Zuck's wall he violated Facebook's terms of service.
They commented that, "exploiting bugs to impact real users is not acceptable behaviour for a white hat. In this case, the researcher used the bug he discovered to post on the timelines of multiple users without their consent."
Facebook admits, though, that its team should have been more diligent in following up on Khalil's submission.
- TOI
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