Spammers also used pages on Tumblr to carry out a social networking scam.
The tech giant now joins other major companies offering rewards to successful bug hunters.
Updates for the software platform will now arrive on a quarterly basis, beginning in October.
To exploit the vulnerability, an intruder would need a user's device password and a bit of skill to access troves of data on the phone.
Malicious activity on the anonymity software's network tripped Facebook's "site integrity systems."
Patients of the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville, N.C., may have had their personal information exposed after more than 1,000 personal records were improperly disposed of.
The laptop was stolen from Monterey Park, Calif.-based SynerMed.
Hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands customers of the University of Michigan's Union Ticket Office, the latest organization that has fallen victim to a breach affecting a third-party vendor.
The leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal a massive global effort by the U.S. government to hack various entities, including civilian targets, actions that could lead to unintended consequences.
The U.S. government is sending a clear message: We won't tolerate secrets coming to light.
Referencing the Boston bombings as terrorism prompted an unprecedented manhunt for the suspects that included a citywide lockdown. What would a similar scene have looked like on the internet?
