*By Carlo Versano*
Facebook shares dropped Friday afternoon after the company announced that 50 million accounts may have been compromised by hackers exploiting a security vulnerability.
Guy Rosen, the company's VP of product management, said the breach was discovered on Tuesday and affected its "View As" feature, which allows people to see what their own profile looks like to someone else. Rosen said the vulnerability has been patched.
"We’re taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what’s happened and the immediate action we’ve taken to protect people’s security," Rosen, wrote in a [blog post](https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/) on Friday.
Facebook ($FB) discovered that unknown attackers manipulated a piece of code that allowed them to steal security tokens that usually keep accounts logged in.
The post was light on detail and was seemingly intended to show the company's efforts at transparency, just months after it was pilloried for a mishandling of the Cambridge Analytica breach.
After that scandal, CEO Mark Zuckerberg [said](https://m.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104712037900071) in a Facebook post, "We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't, then we don't deserve to serve you."
China says its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used.
Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications.
A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
The Biden administration says the U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The White House says it's helped broker an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation.
Members of the House are scrambling to Washington to pass a short-term lift of the nation’s debt limit.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday an agreement has been reached with Republicans to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting a debt crisis.
With the Biden administration reportedly looking into regulating stablecoins like Tether and Circle, just what might those rules look like going forward?
Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure.
New York's new Cannabis Control Board met Tuesday for its inaugural meeting to expand the Empire State's medical cannabis program effective immediately and appoint key staffers following months of delays.
