Facebook Gets Friended By Malware

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:02 AM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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On the Internet, popularity often draws the attention of hackers. So it is not surprising that Facebook has become the target of a spate of attacks, just as the membership on the site has swelled to about 100 million active users worldwide.

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