So this Palestinian hacker apparently found a flaw in Facebook that allows anyone to post on someone's wall, even if that someone is not there in your friend list. This guy contacted the Facebook security team TWICE, but both times they failed to take any action. The second time, he even made a post on a girl's profile who went to college with Zuckerberg and enclosed a link, but to no avail. That's when it gets interesting.
The third time, he made a post on Mark Zuckerberg's wall himself, and his first sentence was an apology for breaching Zuckerberg's privacy.
First sorry for breaking privacy and post to your wall , i has no choice to make after all the reports I sent to Facebook team
This guy can barely speak English, but he's concerned about Zuckerberg's privacy. Wow. This post caught Facbook's attention and "within minutes" a team responded back, blocked his account temporarily while they closed the loophole.
The worst part? Facebook refused to give the $500 reward for reporting bugs, as per their policy, to this guy since he "violated the website's security terms of service".
Outrageous? Much ado about nothing? What are your thoughts?
Judging by his English, it looks like it was more of a miscommunication than anything. I hope they end up giving him his $500 reward.
What company exactly? They exist only on a computer. They're entirely replaceable.
Companies tend to get more conservative over time, but the death/rebirth cycle in tech is lighting fast: slaying a digital goliath is entirely doable and almost expected, so Zuk should be a smarter businessman. Pay up and make the hacker the hero of the day, in fact, offer him a job to REALLY keep current. Tech people who turn their back on other tech people tend to die a quick death in IT business.
Just ask myspace.
They're fools if they pull that BS. The guy earned his money, it's Facebook's fault for sucking ass.
Exactly. Shouldn't they give that guy a job? If you are smart enough to find loopholes in Facebook, you should probably work for them or a similar firm.
Facebook is run by a bunch of dickheads. How is this a surprise to anyone?
I think giving him a job solely on the basis of catching one bug is overkill. But yeah, Facebook should definitely give him recognition and the $500 reward instead of, as others have put it so eloquently, sucking ass and being dickheads.
It's the part where the hacker apologized to Zuckerberg for invasion of privacy that really struck a chord with me. The irony is just epic!
Facebook used to be pretty cool back in 2004...now it's not much more than a joke.
Hasn't Zuckerberg always been an asshole?
In 7 years FaceBook will be IchanBook.
That is a hugely dick move by Zuc. FB has regressed into nothing more than a spam feed with an occasional post I care about. I use Instagram and twitter more as I find more use and fun from it.
With all the relationship and potential work drama involved from having a FB account I can see myself simply deleting it in the future.
Zuckerberg isn't the first high profile person to have their FB page hacked. Nicolas Sarkozy's page was hacked in 2011 to say that he will not seek reelection in 2012.
I just deactivated my account and wrote that I won't be back until they pay the guy. Can we start a movement?
Maybe you can, but I don't use FB.
Turns out other computer hackers are trying to start up a reward fund for this guy
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hacker-exposed-facebook-bug-reward-203259…
What I find truly ridiculous about this is that it is $500. Its not like they offered $500,000 per bug. For a company that IPO'd around 100 billion that seems pretty well ridiculous.
Doesn't this remind anyone of that scene in "The Social Network" when Mark thought he deserved recognition for breaking into Harvard's network? Huh...
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