The social network says its investigation into the breach began on September ... action to protect the privacy and security of social media users.” Facebook may also face unprecedented scrutiny ...

Facebook says that it has discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million accounts and that it's not yet clear whether any information was accessed or any accounts were otherwise misused.

Over 184 million account credentials were exposed in an unsecured database, revealing sensitive information from platforms ...

The file was unencrypted. No password protection. No security. Just a plain text file with millions of sensitive pieces of ...

An unusual traffic spike is what alerted Facebook engineers that something might be wrong, and it was an investigation into this heightened activity that led engineers to discover a massive ...

Security researchers suspect the breach affected even more people than Facebook estimated. Facebook would not say if the number of breached Facebook accounts is likely to grow. The unidentified ...

More breach. Here’s how to find out if your ... In order to activate this, go to your Facebook security settings and enable two factor authentication, ideally not through SMS as this can ...

The Latest on Facebook security breach (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Facebook says it has gotten a handle on a security breach affecting nearly 30 million accounts, but it hasn't ruled out the ...

Credit: Getty Images This afternoon, Facebook held an emergency press conference to disclose a startling security breach. The company said 50 million Facebook accounts were affected in a hack that ...

Facebook revealed Friday that almost 50 million accounts have been compromised in an attack — days after it discovered the breach on Tuesday. “This is a really serious security issue ...

Facebook said Friday it discovered a security breach that affects nearly 50 million user accounts. The issue was found by its engineering team on Tuesday afternoon. "We’re taking this incredibly ...