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Updated 5:37 p.m. ET. 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 ...

Just a week ago, Facebook hit the headlines for weaknesses in its data security. An online database was discovered listing the phone and account numbers for 419 million users. Facebook defended ...

The phone numbers and email addresses of 533 million Facebook users have been exposed in a data breach. Here’s how to find out if your data was leaked, and how to secure your Facebook account.

A new Facebook security program has been causing account issues, some users say. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) ...

Major sites using Facebook's Single Sign-On don't implement basic security features, potentially making the fallout of last week's hack much worse.

A security feature from Facebook is now the target of complaints from some users who say they are locked out and unable to access their accounts. Skip to content FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News ...

Last month, a security researcher named Anand Prakash stumbled on a major flaw in Facebook’s account security. ... Eight days after that, Facebook awarded him $15,000 for reporting the issue.

If you’ve ever signed in to a third-party app or website using your Facebook account, you should take a moment and update a few security settings. Facebook recently discovered that apps that had ...

Benedict has been writing about security issues for over 7 years, first focusing on geopolitics and international relations while at the University of Buckingham.