<p>You might think that hacking Facebook accounts is something that only those with advanced technical skills would be able to do. After all, isn't Facebook supposed to have all kinds of sophisticated security systems in place to protect user's accounts?</p><p>Yep, it sure does, but a group of researchers at Rutger University have come across a new vulnerability that skirts around its security protocols and could potentially allow anyone including those who lack any hacking skills whatsoever to take control of an alarming number of Facebook accounts.</p><p>The exploit, which is detailed in this research paper, will only work with accounts whose users who signed up to Facebook using a Hotmail account which has since expired, but according to the researchers, that still leaves up to a million accounts at risk. The exploit takes advantage of the somewhat bizarre fact that Microsoft 'retires' Hotmail accounts after a period of 270 days inactivity. Unlike with other email services such as Google and Yahoo however, it then allows anyone to sign up and use the old email address associated with the retired account.</p><p>What this means, claims the researchers, is that anyone who signed up for Facebook using a since-expired Hotmail account can easily be hacked. All it takes is for someone to know that your old email account is available, sign up for it, and then send a forgotten password request to Facebook to gain access to your profile.</p><p><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/05/16/facebook-hacked-again-only-this-time-anyone-can-do-it/">Keep reading...</a></p>