the personal information of users of Facebook could be accidentally disclosed to third parties, in particular advertisers over the past few years, according to Symantec Corp. official web blog.
Third parties have access to personal information such as profiles, photographs and cat and would have the ability to display messages, said Symantec web blog.
"We believe that in April 2011, nearly 100,000 applications were for the leak," said the ticket blog.
" ... Over the years, hundreds of thousands of applications may inadvertently leaked million tokens for access to third parties, "threatening the security, said the blog."
Third parties may not have realized their ability to access to information, said the ticket blog.
Facebook has been advised of the issue and confirmed the leak, the post said.
The blog also said that Facebook, most large social networking of the world site, has taken steps to resolve the problem.
Facebook was not immediately available for comment.
Facebook has more than 500 million users and dispute of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. for the time of users online and for advertising dollars.
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