美国有线新闻 CNN Facebook再曝重大安全事故 5000万用户账号被入侵

 

Facebook is trying to figure out how to deal with its worst hack¹ ever. The company says a security issue has affected² almost 50 million accounts.

Facebook's engineers first noticed something unusual on September 16. It took them 11 days after that to stop it.

The hack involved a vulnerability in Facebook's code. Something in the sites' "View As" feature, which lets users see what their Facebook profile looks like to someone else. It allowed hackers³ to steal digital keys that could be used to take over people's accounts.

What has Facebook done about it? It's temporarily shut down the "View As" feature, and it's reset⁴ the digital keys of the nearly 50 million accounts affected, plus 40 million additional accounts.

What we don't know is what the hackers wanted, how long they had access to people's information and whether they took any of it. Best-case scenario⁵, the hackers might not have realized what they did; they might not have actually stolen any info. Or if they did, they don't plan to do anything with it.

Worst-case scenario, they could use the info to blackmail⁶ people. They could post user's private messages and pictures online for the world to see or they could use the information to try to influence events like future elections.

Again, experts don't know what or if there'll be consequences to the hack.

1 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

4 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

5 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

6 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。