Mark Zuckerberg’s personal photos were leaked online after a Facebook user found a security loophole and breached the Facebook CEO’s account, reports say.
Today, personal photos of Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, at home in the kitchen, relaxing with their dog, and celebrating with friends appeared online.
In one image, Zuckerberg proudly holds a dead chicken by its feet. In another, he shows off a plate of fried chicken that he presumably cooked himself, as the computer genius who inspired the movie “The Social Network” has vowed to only eat meat he killed himself.
Another photo shows Zuckerberg and Chan gazing at each other lovingly in the kitchen of Zuckerberg’s $7 million home. Yet another shows the couple excitedly opening the door for trick or treaters, and giving kids in costume their choice of candy.
Many of the photos show Zuckerberg playing with the couple’s dog, Beast.
The private images have been posted to the photo sharing Web site, Imgur.com.
According to the Daily Mail, there is a loophole that allows Facebook users to access personal photos when they report an ‘inappropriate’ profile picture.
Chances are, now that Zuckerberg’s photos have been lifted, the loophole will be fixed extremely soon.
Facebook released a statement tonight:
“Earlier today, we discovered a bug in one of our reporting flows that allows people to report multiple instances of inappropriate content simultaneously. The bug allowed anyone to view a limited number of another user’s most recently uploaded photos irrespective of the privacy settings for these photos. This was the result of one of our recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately disabled the system, and will only return functionality once we can confirm the bug has been fixed.
The privacy of our user’s data is a top priority for us, and we invest significant resources in protecting our site and the people who use it. We hire the most qualified and highly-skilled engineers and security professionals at Facebook, and with the recent launch of our Security Bug Bounty Program (http://www.facebook.com/whitehat/), we continue to work with the industry to identify and resolve legitimate threats to help us keep the site safe and secure for everyone.”