NCSC response and advice following Facebook cyber incident

1 Oct 2018 12:52 PM

An official statement from the National Cyber Security Centre after Facebook announced a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts.

A spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre recently said:

“We are investigating how this incident has affected people in the UK and advise on appropriate mitigation measures. Users should read the latest advice Facebook has published.

“Based on current information, we understand that Facebook have fixed the flaw and temporarily disabled the ‘view as’ function.

“There is no evidence that people have to take action such as changing their passwords or deleting their profiles.

“However, users should be particularly vigilant to possible phishing attacks, as if data has been accessed it could be used to make scam messages more credible.”

Further information

Who to report concerns to

NCSC advice on phishing emails

NCSC advice on phone calls

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