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Facebook fiasco: Two lakh accounts hacked in 24 hrs

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Facebook fiasco: Two lakh accounts hacked in 24 hrs Users of the popular social networking site woke up to a harsh reality yesterday when they found their pictures morphed, put on pornographic sites and feeds sent to friends; experts fear this may bring about site's downfall Over two lakh city Facebook users woke up to a social media embarrassment yesterday morning as their accounts had been hacked and weblinks to their morphed pornographic pictures sent as feeds to friends and family. According to global media reports, more than 60 lakh Facebook accounts were hacked since Sunday night. Social networking analysts have claimed that officially more than 2 lakh Bangalore Facebook accounts were hacked. The cyber crime department has received many calls and complaints regarding the mass hacking. They have started preliminary investigations in a few cases too. All Porn and gore A resident of Koramangala logged on to her Facebook account yesterday morning from a cyber caf ©, onl...