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Researchers steal Facebook user data with army of socialbots

Researchers steal Facebook user data with army of socialbots
  • Posted November 2, 2011, 1:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver used a small array of scripts programmed to pass themselves off as real people to steal 250GB of personal information from Facebook users in just eight weeks.

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