Articles written by Hayley Tsukayama

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post|Nov 16, 2011

A widespread spam attack on Facebook has caused violent and pornographic images to be posted on some users' profile pages, representing one of the worst security breaches in the young website's history and raising concerns about its vulnerability to hackers. The company, which acknowledged the problem Monday, said it was working to shut down the accounts responsible for the attack. The disturbing pictures surfaced as the company tries to quell concerns about user safety and privacy. Facebook is reportedly near a settlement with the Federal Trad...