Umphandi wezokhuseleko UBob Diachenko, ubhengezwe kutshanje iindaba malunga ukuhluzwa kwe idatabase equlathe iinkcukacha zabantu abazizigidi ezingama-267 abasebenzisi bakaFacebook, apho baya kuba besengozini. Lo vimba wedatha uza kufumaneka kwi-Intanethi ngaphandle kwesidingo segama eligqithisiweyo okanye olunye uqinisekiso. Abahlalutyi bakholelwa ukuba le datha iseyisiphumo sokusebenza kakubi kwe-Facebook API.
Ngokwabaphandi bokhuseleko, Idatha eveziweyo iqulethe iinombolo zefowuni, ii-ID ze-Facebook, kunye namagama omsebenzisi. Oku kongeza kuluhlu olude lwemiba yabucala kunye neyokhuseleko eqhubeka ibetha eyona nethiwekhi inkulu yehlabathi.
Ulwazi oluqulethwe kuvimba weenkcukacha inokusetyenziselwa ukwenza i-spam kunye namaphulo okukhwabanisa i-SMS enkulu, phakathi kwezinye izisongelo kubasebenzisi bokuphela, ingxelo yathi ngoLwesine, yongeza ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzisi abachaphazelekayo bavela e-US.
Izityhilelo ziza ngexesha apho i-Facebook izama ukubuyisela ukuthembela kwabasebenzisi bayo ngokukhuselwa kwedatha yabo emva kwe-scandal ye-Cambridge Analytica eyabetha kakhulu igama layo.
Umphandi wezokhuseleko UBob Diachenko ufumene i-database kwiveki ephelileyo kwaye basebenze kunye neComparitech, inkampani yophando lweteknoloji yaseBritani, ukupapasha ingxelo malunga nesihloko.
Ngokwezigqeba ezimbini, i-database, leyo Sele isusiwe, Ayizange ikhuselwe ngegama eliyimfihlo okanye nawaphi na amanye amanyathelo okukhusela. Ngokutsho kwabo, ngaphambi kokususa ukufikelela kwi-database, ulwazi oluqulethweyo lwenziwe esidlangalaleni phantse iiveki ezimbini.
Ngokufanayo, NgokukaComparitech, umntu wenze ukuba idatha ifumaneke ukuba ikhutshelwe kwiforum ye-hacker. Kulo mongo, ingxelo ibonisa ukuba le datha ivumela abakhohlisi ukuba baqalise ubuqhetseba obutsha be-phishing kwaye badibanise idatha kwiingxelo zefowuni kunye neeprofayili zabasebenzisi be-Facebook.
UDiachenko wakwazi ukulandelela idatabase ebuyela eVietnam, kodwa ayikwazanga ukuchonga ngokuthe ngqo ukuba idatha ifikelelwe njani okanye ibisetyenziselwa ntoni na.
Ukongeza koko, uhlalutyo olunzulu lubonise ukuba idatha mhlawumbi ithotyelwe yi-API enika abaphuhlisi ukufikelela kwidata yangasemva efana noluhlu lwabahlobo, amaqela, kunye neefoto.
I-API ye-Facebook inokuba nomngxuma wokhuseleko oza kuvumela abaphuli-mthetho ukuba bafikelele kwii-ID zabasebenzisi kunye neenombolo zefowuni nangemva kokuba ukufikelela kuthintelwe, utshilo uDiachenko.
Enye into enokwenzeka kukuba idatha yabiwa ngaphandle kokusebenzisa i-API ye-Facebook kwaye endaweni yoko yasuswa kumaphepha eprofayili anokubonwa esidlangalaleni, ngokutsho kwengxelo.
Ingxelo ulumkise ukuba abasebenzisi bakaFacebook kufuneka baqaphele imiyalezo ebhaliweyo ukukrokra. Nokuba umthumeli uyalazi igama lakho okanye ulwazi olusisiseko malunga nawe, thandabuza kuyo nayiphi na imiyalezo engacelwanga, wongeze watsho.
Ngokutsho kweComparitech, ukuthintela ukuba ulwazi lwakho lucinywe kwiprofayile yakho, Abasebenzisi bakaFacebook kufuneka batshintshe iisetingi zabo zabucala ukususa iprofayile yakho kwiziphumo zenjini yokukhangela.
IComparitech ikwacebisa abasebenzisi ukuba bavumele abahlobo babo ukuba babone imiyalezo yabo. Nangona kunjalo, la manyathelo amancinci awanele kwaye abanye abasebenzisi bakaFacebook basenokuba sele beveziwe.
Esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba i-database yolu hlobo ibonakaliswe. NgoSeptemba ka-2019, iirekhodi ezizigidi ezingama-419 ziye zavezwa kuzo zonke iindawo zogcino-lwazi, kubandakanya neenombolo zefowuni kunye nee-ID zikaFacebook. Kukwakho iinkxalabo malunga "nento ebizwa ngokuba yimfihlo ye-Facebook" njengoko bephakamisa imibuzo malunga nokuba inkampani yenza ngokwaneleyo ukukhusela idatha yeebhiliyoni zabasebenzisi.
Ngokutsho kwezinye iingcali, i-Facebook ngoku iyasokola ukulawula ngokufanelekileyo idatha yabasebenzisi bayo, ngenxa yoko abaninzi bayawuphakamisa lo mbandela okanye bakhankasela ukuba u-Facebook achithwa.
