A security glitch in the social Media site Facebook allowed the users to view private photographs, including those of the website’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.
A Forum had discussed this error with detailed steps to see the private pictures of other facebook users. The users had to report the profile of any user as inappropriate to see the their private pictures.
Facebook attributed the problem to a recent revision of its software. But It wasn’t immediately clear how long the Facebook security flaw was available on the Web, or how many of the site’s more than 800 million users were affected.
In a statement, a Facebook spokesman said the flaw “was the result of one of our recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once we can confirm the bug has been fixed.”
Mark Zuckerberg with U.S President Barack Obama
Mark Zuckerberg with girlfriend Priscilla Chan
Facebook, with more than 800 million users worldwide, is expected to go public next year, a move that will value the company at 100 billion dollars.
Facebook has faced a series of questions about its security and privacy features since it was founded in 2004.
