Bug Alert on Facebook! Reports state that the social network was hit by a bug that revealed quite a lot about those who were affected by it. It revealed information such as the Chat messages between friends, friend requests that were pending and quite a lot of other private information.

The bug didn't last long and affected the social networking site for a short period of time as stated by the company. This took advantage of a loophole in the social network's preview my profile in the privacy settings of users. To avoid more issues and user chat messages from being revealed Facebook disabled the Chat feature on the site while the issue was fixed.

We all are well aware how desperate Facebook really is when it comes to sharing our information with the rest of the world but with such outbreaks, the social network keeps losing credibility. I mean just think of it how prone you are to having your information shared with anyone just because of a breach. While Facebook was pretty quick to fix the issue, I think those few minutes are just more than enough to have a bulk of your data being shared with the world.

I might sound skeptical when I state all this, but given the millions of users that actively use the platform makes the risk even greater and big enough to worry about. I am sure half the users are even not aware of this and many more wouldn't bother much, but breaches like this are just a reminder that your privacy as at a sword's edge if you are online, ready to split in two for the public if such breaches become a norm or more importantly, last a bit more longer.

The video below shows the Bug in action:

[via TechCrunch]