Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s own private photos have been leaked onto the Internet by hackers seeking to highlight an embarrassing security flaw in the social networking site.
As the result of a Facebook glitch that lets users view recently uploaded photos regardless of security settings, 14 of the billionaire’s photos were posted on the web.
The photos of 27-year-old Zuckerberg included shots of him holding a chicken, making food with his girlfriend and meeting US President Barack Obama.
To exploit the bug, people could repeatedly report a user’s public photos as inappropriate until Facebook presented a gallery of other photos from that user to offer a chance to report those as well.
Directions to exploit the bug had reportedly been circulating on the Internet for two weeks before Facebook addressed it.
“Earlier today, we discovered a bug in one of our reporting flows that allows people to report multiple instances of inappropriate content simultaneously,” Facebook said in a statement.
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