[kictanet] Facebook Security Breach

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Ebele

Thanks for being forthright with this. Indeed, no one is today immune to cyber attacks. Not even the Pentagon. What is important is to ensure that we mitigate those risks and once we fall to such bad actors how to react. 

One of the most critical issues to deal with is how one communicates the breach and assures all what they are doing to minimize damage. Keep up the comms, Ebele.

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> On 29 Sep 2018, at 1:11 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> Are you asking for a representation of the specific line or lines of code, of the multiple millions of lines of code that make up FB code base? If so, I don’t have that, and it’s not the kind of information any company has ever released after a breach. But do correct me if I’m wrong? I’m also not sure how helpful that would be, but grateful for insight there.
> 
> That said-Facebook knows that our platform is one of the most attractive platforms in the known world for virtually every bad actor in the world. So we have multiple teams constantly assessing vulnerabilities, running scenarios, doing everything possible to harden us as a target. And to the second question, the teams have to try to anticipate and foresee any and every possible risk. 
> 
> Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa
> 
> 
> On Sep 29, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hey Ebele,
>> 
>> What specific code that was breached had the vulnerability on the platform, and just how difficult was this breach to be foreseen and forestalled..?
>> 
>> Harry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 10:36 Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> Hello, All-
>>> 
>>> Just making sure you have all seen this. We continue to investigate and learn more, but please do let me know any specific questions. I may not yet know the answers, but it would be very helpful for me to escalate.
>>> 
>>> https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/
>>> 
>>> Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa
>>> 
>>> 
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