Paris Hilton’s private photographs were made public for a brief period of time after a security glitch on Facebook.

Byron Ng, a Canadian computer buff, was able to dupe the site’s new security measures and take a look at P.H’s private photos, including several of the socialite partying at a Emmy Awards post-party. There were also pics of her the heiress’ underagebaby brother, Barron, guzzling down drinks with his friends.

Byron was able to breach the security wall and access parts of other accounts without the owners’ knowledge.

Byron tipped off the Associated Press and it too was given a free reign to browse through private snaps – including some posted by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The AP then alerted the site to the bug, which was corrected within the hour.

“We take privacy very seriously and continue to make enhancements to the site,” Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker said.