Facebook said Tuesday that a “coordinated spam attack” was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world’s largest social network.
Facebook, which has more than 800 million members, said some users of the social network were tricked into unknowingly sharing the offensive content.
“Recently, we experienced a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability,” Facebook said in an email statement to AFP.
“Our efforts have drastically limited the damage caused by this attack, and we are now in the process of investigating to identify those responsible,” the Palo Alto, California-based company said.
“We’ve built enforcement mechanisms to quickly shut down the malicious pages and accounts that...