Facebook to strengthen security protocols following the hacking of 29 million user accounts in 2018

Facebook Inc on Saturday vowed to improve security protocols in a bid to resolve a lawsuit filed against the company for a 2018 security breach, according to a Bloomberg report.

The breach led to more than 29 million user accounts being hacked. The breach occurred as part of a vulnerability in Facebook’s software where attackers were able to gain login access to user accounts.

Facebook has pledged to check unusual patterns of user activity more frequently. This would involve the monitoring of user activity which involves access tokens for user accounts among other measures, the report said.