Facebook sues Canadian porn company over hacking

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
December 17, 2007

"Facebook is suing 17 people and a Canadian Internet porn company for allegedly trying to mine the popular social-networking 
site for its users' personal details.

Facebook alleges that in June servers controlled by the defendants used automated scripts to make more than 200,000 requests 
for personal information stored on Facebook's site.
The allegations are contained in an amended lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif."
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"Facebook said the hacking attempts cost it at least $5,000 to investigate.
The company has requested a jury trial and is seeking to bar the defendants from accessing its computer systems in the 
future, in addition to damages."

More at
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/17/Facebook-sues-Canadian-porn-company-over-hacking_1.html

Juha-Matti
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