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Hacker FindsA way To Hack Into Multiple Facebook Accounts

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Critical Facebook security flaw allows hackers to log into multiple Facebook accounts How to hack Facebook is the most popular search term on Google but a few go past learning to the actual hacking. However, one California-based hacker tried something similar. During his researcher he discovered a big security hole in Facebook’s password reset mechanism which allowed him to hack into anyone’s Facebook profile. California based  Gurkirat Singh   discovered a way to gain access to anyone’s Facebook profile using a security flaw in the social networking giant’s password reset mechanism . The social networking giant uses an algorithm that generates a random 6-digit passcode ‒ that’s 10⁶ = 1,000,000 possible combinations. “ That could possibly mean that if 1 million people request a password within a short amount of time such that no one uses their code to reset the password, then 1,000,0001 person to request a code will get a passcode that someone from the...