Facebook sues Ukrainian programmers for stealing user data

The Facebook company sued two Ukrainian programmers, accusing them of stealing the personal information of users of the social network and, as a result, of damaging the company's reputation.

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As follows from the case file, Gleb Sluchevsky and Andrei Gorbachev in 2017-2018 advertised tests and quizzes with catchy names on Facebook pages - such as "Who are you from modern vampires?", "Who is your double from the past?", "Is there any do you have royal blood? ”writes Tjournal with reference to The Verge.

To pass the tests, the user was asked to install a plug-in - and it was claimed that he did not collect any information about the user, but in fact it was not.

As a result, Sluchevsky and Gorbachev collected data about 63 thousands of users - public information from their profiles, as well as some private information - for example, lists of friends.

As noted by The Verge, attackers managed to organize such a scheme, as the social network provided them with special access for application developers. Facebook turned off this access in the fall of 2018, after the algorithms for searching for suspicious applications discovered tests of Ukrainian developers.

A similar Facebook lawsuit filed last week against four Chinese companies that allegedly sold fake accounts and user data. In both cases, The Verge notes, the defendants are outside the US, so they are unlikely to incur any responsibility for their actions.

“But such claims give Facebook the opportunity to defend itself against attacks of insufficient security and privacy, showing that users are victims of hackers — not the platform itself,” concludes The Verge.

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