Article 13- 4/18/10

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/194204/facebook_beefs_up_site_against_hackers.html

The article I chose this week is titled “Facebook Beefs up Site Against Hackers.” It is about Facebook employers who want to stop hackers from abusing their social-networking site. There are 400 million registered users who use facebook. Hackers are trying to affect as many of them as they can. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:hacker&ei=7pvLS6vHPIPu9gTz_My6BA&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAYQkAE stated that a hacker is “A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.” Facebooks security has gone up very much. In 2005 there were only a few people working in the security section, but now as much as up to 10 perfect of their 1,200 employees are involved with the security of their website. Their main focus is to find out where the attack is coming from, not necessarily who is attacking them. The website stated, “Facebook has automated systems that detect when someone is using the site in a way that is different from the normal user.” Facebook is penalizing the hackers with $100 per spam message.
I believe what Facebook is doing is the right thing to do. I have personally experienced a message from someone whose account has been hacked. Usually they are links to a fake picture and once you click on the link your Facebook also gets hacked. The hackers are affecting many people. Not only is it annoying, but also it can mess up someone’s computer very much. If Facebook can figure out a way to stop these hackers then a lot of problems would be fixed. I hope that their employees can come up with a great new technology program that can block all hackers from messing with peoples Facebook. I also remember that Myspace had hackers and I believe that is one reason Myspace has disappeared in the computer world. Many people were aggravated with the amount of spam on the website.