A security bug on Facebook accidentally exposed the personal information (e-mails or phone numbers) of upwards of 6 million users.
Facebook announced the discovered bug on Friday, noting that its team fixed it within 24 hours upon being made aware of its existence.
In a blog post addressing the issue, Facebook explained:
We recently received a report to our White Hat program regarding a bug that may have allowed some of a person's contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them.
Because of the bug, some of the information used to make f
