Facebook stops 6,00,000 hacking attempts daily

London: Social networking site Facebook has said that it seems at least 600,000 attempts every day by hackers trying to break into user accounts using stolen usernames and passwords. Facebook has an estimated 800 million users and receives more than one billion logins each day, the Daily Mail said.

The hackers trying to steal user information, spread scams and fraudulent offers or send malicious messages and also trying to sell counterfeit goods to members' friends. Facebook recently announced a guarantee to promote its new "trusted friends" password restoration technique.

Many of the hackers are caught by additional authentication issues, such as asking users to identify friends in photos. "At least 600,000 times a day, we stop a bad guy from getting access to an account, although he guessed, phishing or stolen login and password for an account. It is something we are very proud," spokesman Barry Schnitt Facebook was quoted as saying.