Facebook Data Breach

Credential theft, such as the Facebook access token case, is among the few factors impeding the utilization of web applications. Therefore, this attack is an example of a prevalent societal technology integration issue.Facebook’s credential theft showcased the vulnerabilities of various social media sites. The attackers exploited vulnerabilities in the platform's profile access feature for account users that enabled them to acquire account access tokens, which they utilized to gain unauthorized access to these accounts (Rosen, 2018). These tokens are cryptographic credentials that verify the identity of a user and enable them to gain entry to designated resources on a website without the need for repetitive login procedures. This attack had significant consequences for the platform’s users. For instance, in India, 562,455 of this platform’s users' data was compromised (Lulandala, 2020), leaving them and those they interacted with vulnerable to other attacks and crimes