Using third party authentication like google/facebook to login to a site, is there any security risk when the site is hacked?

Sites like stackoverflow, quora, and many more offers sign in from Google/Facebook. In the event that there is a data breach or the site is hacked, is there any security risk to your Google/Facebook account?

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Facing the Facebook Breach: Why Simple SSO is Not Enough

Simple Single Sign On (SSO) offers clear advantages for enterprises, however, along with wide SSO solution implementation has come the risk associated with simple SSO. Learn why Smart SSO can mitigate Facebook-type Breaches.
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Is signature validation mandatory if encrypted assertions are sent over HTTPs in SAML 2.0?

We are using SAML Web Browser SSO Profile (SAML 2.0)

We have a SP using SAML2.0. All communication between IdP and SP is over HTTPs.

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The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive

Less than a week ago, Facebook announced that unknown attackers have managed to string together three bugs affecting the social media platform, which allowed them to steal access tokens of at least 50 million users – and likely more. The tokens a… Continue reading The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive

The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive

Less than a week ago, Facebook announced that unknown attackers have managed to string together three bugs affecting the social media platform, which allowed them to steal access tokens of at least 50 million users – and likely more. The tokens a… Continue reading The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive