According to those familiar with Facebook’s internal investigation, hackers behind the company’s latest attack are believed to be spammers who had hoped to profit from deceptive advertising, The Wall Street Journal reports. The investigation followed the internal discovery that someone was downloading large quantities of digital access tokens on the platform, accessing the private information of 30 million Facebook users. While Facebook officials are providing few details, it is not believed the attack was affiliated with any one nation-state, and the company has called the attack the biggest security breach in the company’s history. Meanwhile, Facebook shareholders have filed a proposal, requesting the company separate the roles of the CEO and chairman to allow for the creation of an independent position. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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