A feared phishing attack on Facebook enabled hackers to gain passwords from some of the estimated 200 million users and send e-mails to “friends” urging them to click on links to fake websites. The site fought off a similar attack two weeks ago. Azer Bestavros, professor of computer science is familiar with many of the security issues Facebook must deal with.
Contact Azer Bestavros, 617-353-9726, best@bu.edu
