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By Don Reisinger CNET News
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 10, 2009 10:55:40 AM

Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.

An organization called Control Your Info has taken control of hundreds of Facebook groups. Those groups had administrators that eventually stepped down from their position, creating a power vacuum at the top. According to the organization, when the administrator steps down, anyone can take over a group, view the members' personal information, and change group information to say whatever they want. Control Your Info believes that the way Facebook handles group administration is a major flaw. And it wants to bring that to everyone's attention.

"Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group," a message written on Monday reads on one hijacked group. "This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted, we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severely."

For more, read "Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked on CNET News.

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alternatively ...
Most people join these groups because of the
novelty of a group's name. No one takes these
groups seriously, and that's often the reason why
a "power vacuum" may arise at the "top." FB sho... (Read the rest)
Posted by: jobusan524 Posted on: 11/12/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Hijacking  vger_z | 11/10/09
Social Networking = Disaster  use_linux | 11/10/09
OMG!  athynz | 11/10/09
Agreed.  HypnoToad72 | 11/10/09
RE: Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked  oacomputers | 11/11/09
RE: Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked  securityboy | 11/12/09
RE: Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked  securityboy | 11/12/09
RE: Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked  Keywalker4God | 11/12/09
alternatively ...  jobusan524 | 11/12/09

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