Facebook announced new measures Wednesday aimed at improving users’ security when visiting the site. The news came with an intriguing twist: Mere hours prior to the announcement, it was revealed that the Facebook fan page of the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was compromised by a hacker. While some online skeptics linked Facebook’s new security features — broader use of the HTTPS protocol and a new form of authentication — to the Zuckerberg hack, at least one security expert discounted that connection.
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Facebook Puts HTTPS Security Guard on Full-Time Duty
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 27, 2011 09:18 AMFacebook announced new measures Wednesday aimed at improving users’ security when visiting the site. The news came with an intriguing twist: Mere hours prior to the announcement, it was revealed that the Facebook fan page of the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was compromised by a hacker. While some online skeptics linked Facebook’s new security features — broader use of the HTTPS protocol and a new form of authentication — to the Zuckerberg hack, at least one security expert discounted that connection.