Anonymous Blamed for Porn Flood
Drowning Facebook
Has offensive material appeared in your
Facebook news feed over the last
twenty-four hours? If so, you're not alone,
as security firm Sophos has confirmed the
sudden-yet-offensive problem.
According to reports made by Facebook
users, news feed content and personal
messages now include explicit hardcore
porn images, Photoshopped photos of
celebrities in sexual situations, pictures
of extreme violence and a photograph of
an abused dog. That said, workers may
need to get their Facebook fill at home
rather than on the job until the porn
flood has been contained, unless you
work within the porn industry, that is.
News of the problem began to surface as
Facebook users took to Twitter to vent
their anger. The complaints universally
point out that porn-posters are unaware
that their accounts have been
compromised to publish the offensive
material. Even more, they can't even see
the images posted on their wall or in their
message box after logging on.
"One of my friend's accounts was
compromised and messages containing
a video were sent," reads one Twitter
post. "My daughter's boyfriend had
something posted on his wall that he
couldn't see on his computer, but my
daughter could see on his wall from
hers."
"I had to deactivate my FB after all that
Jesus porn, I just can't risk my position
in heaven looking like I posted that
mess," another user Tweeted. That's
right, porn related to Jesus is making the
rounds across Facebook as well.
"I have 5000 friends," said actress and
director Courtney Zito. "My feed is
littered with porn. I can't even check my
news feed with anyone around because
of it. Just saw one with a guy who had
his skull bashed in and his brains on the
street. Another one was the devil,
Besides the countless naked girls. I'm
about ready to deactivate."
Currently Sophos isn't sure how the
offending content has been spread across
Facebook, but assumes that it stems from
a successful dose of spam.
"Whether users are falling for a
clickjacking scheme, are being tagged in
content without their knowledge, have
poorly chosen privacy settings, have been
tricked into installing malicious code, or
have fallen victim to another vulnerability
inside Facebook itself," Sophos reports.
"What's clear, however, is that mischief-
makers are upsetting many Facebook
users and making the social networking
site far from a family-friendly place."
But numerous reports are now pointing
to a threat made by Anonymous, a
threat to attack Facebook using a
powerful "Guy Fawkes virus" they
developed. According to the hacktivist
group, it's a highly sophisticated work
that takes control of your Facebook
account and spreads to your friends'
accounts without you actually being
logged in.
"After the worm gets under control,
Anonymous will use this to its advantage
against corruption, and as an alternative
attack towards groups who take on
Anonymous," the group states in the
video seen below, blatantly admitting to
the Facebook attack back on Thursday.
"We are Anonymous. We are a legion.
We do not forgive. We do not forget.
Expect us."
As of this writing, Facebook has not issued
an official statement.
Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/anonymou, ews-13201.html

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