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Public Facebook Profiles Can Be Matched to Leaked Stolen Passwords Security researchers warn that the names listed in Facebook's people directory can be used to link the corresponding accounts to stolen email addresses and passwords already available on the Internet. According to a test performed at BitDefender, the info can be matched with a 87% accuracy.A security researcher ... 3 August 2010 06:31 GMT Information of Over 100 Million Facebook Users Available for Download A security researcher has crawled Facebook's people directory to gather information on users who left their profiles publicly accessible. The data is available for download as a 2.8 GB torrent and can be used to enhance brute force hacking tools.Facebook's public directory lists the names of people who allo... 29 July 2010 11:19 GMT