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A New Security flaw in Facebook arised, Details are below : Jul 25 2008 : Social networking site Facebook has experienced a data breach which put millions of users at risk of ID fraud, an IT security firm has revealed. During a public beta test of a new version of the site, Facebook accidentally exposed its members' full date of birth, reports UK-based Sophos . The breach included members who had specified they wanted the information kept secret. Anyone logging on to Facebook during the breach would have been able to see other members' date of birth, regardless of privacy settings in place. Facebook, which has around 80 million active users worldwide, has now fixed the problem, Sophos says. This follows another breach in March 2008, where users' photos could be seen by anyone. These breaches highlight the problems associated with social networking sites, warns fraud prevention firm Equifax . "Access to the date of birth of millions of users provides a golden opportun...