Security issues, data breach, privacy invasion and use abuse are all rife on Facebook today. It has become a research tool for thieves, a platform to perpetuate hate groups and expand political and social rows among others. Last month, Rebecca Javeleau, a British teen who wanted to celebrate her 15th birthday with close friends, created a Facebook invite. She had meant to invite. She had meant to invite only 15 friends but the number of people who confirmed their attendance reached 21,000... Her invitation had gone viral simply because she failed to mark her invitation "private". She had to call off her birthday party.
in other case, Police in New Hampshire in the United States caught up with some "Friends" who broke into homes after finding out broke into homes after finding out that their victims were away on vacation, based on their victims were away on vacation, based on their Facebook status updates.
The were notion of "clickjacking" attack that exploit the "Like" and "Share" functionality to trick users into sharing malicious content with their friends. Business and other organizations can be victims of cyber-crooks using stolen employee information to their advantages. A survey conducted late last year revealed that Facebook is the worst security threat among all the social networking sites.
