Worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

[Frands]

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BBC NEWS on January  the 5th 2012:

A computer worm has stolen 45,000 login credentials from Facebook, security experts have warned.
The data is believed to have been taken largely from Facebook accounts in the UK and France, according to security firm Seculert.
The culprit is a well-known piece of malware - dubbed Ramnit - which has been around since April 2010 and has previously stolen banking details.

Read on here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16426824

http://blog.seculert.com/2012/01/ramnit-goes-social.html

[Corrine]

More at Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords.

Its a good time to remind everyone to not only make sure your security and third-party software is updated, but that you use a strong password -- and a different password for each site, most particularly e-mail, banking and other sites where financial transactions/bill payment is conducted.