http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/facebook-admits-it-was-hacked/?ref=technology
In this article, Nicole Perlroth writes about facebook that has announced that hackers have breached its computers just like they did do twitter some weeks ago. First, the writer draws the readers' attention by explaining to the them how this has happened to both twitter and facebook by the same hackers. When facebook employees visited a site for mobile developers, their computers were infected with malfare. According to Facebook company, they have not found any evidence that Facebook user data was compromised yet, however, on Feb 1, 250,000 Twitter users were accessed by the hackers. Then Perlroth goes on by describing how the hackers might have been able to do this. Probably they were able to use the security hole in Oracle’s Java software to steal information. Then he ends the article by explaining how these things are common nowadays, since personal informations are in the social networks. The rate of the attack is very high and even The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post have been hacked. People say that there are two types of companies: "Those that have been hacked and those that don’t know they’ve been hacked."
The purpose of this article is to inform that the hackers are attacking through various types of social networks and is also warning the readers to be careful about their personal informations in them. The writer uses numbers/strategies and seems to use hyperbole and tone of exaggeration to surprise the readers. This way the readers will be more careful and be aware that the personal informations in the social networks can lead to serious problems and dangers. In addition to that, the writer mentions that these kinds of things are happening to numerous of American companies, so that the readers can be careful with all of the companies, even the ones that they think that are not vulnerable.
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