After Data Breach Exposes 530 Million, Facebook Says It Will Not ... - NPR
Apr 10, 2021 · Facebook decided not to notify over 530 million of its users whose personal data was lifted in a breach sometime before August 2019 and was recently made available in a public database.
Facebook data breach: what happened and why it’s hard to know …
Apr 6, 2021 · The data breach is believed to relate to a vulnerability which Facebook reportedly fixed in August of 2019. While the exact source of the data can’t be verified, it was likely acquired through...
Facebook's Massive Security Breach: Everything We Know - WIRED
Sep 28, 2018 · Facebook’s privacy problems severely escalated Friday when the social network disclosed that an unprecedented security issue, discovered September 25, impacted almost 50 million user accounts.
Warning As 26 Billion Records Leak: Dropbox, LinkedIn, Twitter …
Jan 23, 2024 · Security researchers have warned that a database containing no less than 26 billion leaked data records has been discovered. The supermassive data leak, or mother of all breaches as the ...
Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - BBC
Apr 16, 2021 · Facebook faces investigation over data breach. DRI claims Facebook failed to protect user data and notify those who had been affected. The data leak was first discovered and fixed in 2019,...
How your personal data is being scraped from social media - BBC
Jul 15, 2021 · How your personal data is being scraped from social media. Getty Images. Hackers can manipulate software attached to social media platforms and extract data. How much personal information do...
Facebook downplays 'old' breach exposing info on 533 million users - CBC.ca
Apr 7, 2021 · Facebook is downplaying the significance of a data breach that saw the personal information of 533 million of its users accessed online, saying the information is old and the vulnerability that...
Twitter hack: What went wrong and why it matters - BBC
Jul 16, 2020 · Using Twitter's internal systems, the cyber-criminals' messages had a reach of at least 350 million people. And it looks like it made them about $110,000 (£86,800) in the few hours that the scam ...
Facebook faces investigation over leak of data of 530m users
Apr 14, 2021 · Facebook is under investigation for a possible breach of EU privacy laws after reports of a large-scale data leak in which the personal information of 533m users was shared online.
Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - BBC News
Apr 16, 2021 · It will assess whether any parts of the GDPR or Data Protection Act 2018 were infringed by Facebook. If found to be in breach, the social media giant could face fines of up to 4% of its...
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