Facebook Announces Widespread Bug Allowing Third-Party Access to Photos

Facebook discovered an application programming interface bug that let third parties access as many as 6.8 million users’ photos, some not officially posted online, the platform announced Friday. The Facebook Login bug allowed unauthorized access Sept. 13-25 on as many as 1,500 applications built by 876 developers. The company will launch tools “early next week” to help inform affected users. “We will be working with those developers to delete the photos from impacted users,” Facebook said.