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Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach

Meta was fined 251 million euros for a 2018 Facebook data breach affecting 29 million users, as stated by the lead European Union data privacy regulator.
About 3 million of the affected Facebook accounts were based in the EU and European Economic Area, according to the report.
Meta plans to appeal the decision and claims to have measures in place to protect users, as mentioned in their statement.
The breach exposed profile information, posing serious risks to user data and individual rights, according to the enforcement action.

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The European Union fined Meta for a serious mistake that allowed the hacking of millions of accounts

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC ) , acting on behalf of the European Union , announced on Tuesday a fine of 251 million euros to Meta , for a failure in data protection on Facebook that facilitated the hacking of millions of accounts. The platform’s security gap took place due to a vulnerability in the Facebook code , which allowed cybercriminals to take advantage of the “See How” function that allows users to observe their profile fro…

3 months ago·Spain

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Kronen Zeitung

Data leak: Ireland fines Meta millions

After a six-year investigation, the Irish data protection authority has fined Meta for a data leak. The Facebook parent company must pay 251 million euros, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Tuesday. Meta had reportedly informed the DPC at the time of a data leak that affected 29 million Facebook users worldwide and three million in the EU. Attackers had access to personal data such as user names, email addresses, telephone number…

3 months ago·Vienna, Austria

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The Straits Times

Meta’s Irish arm fined $356m by watchdog over data breach

The personal data breach impacted 29 million users worldwide.

3 months ago·Singapore

Meta fined €250 million by Ireland data body over a 2018 breach

The breach arose from the exploitation by unauthorised third parties of user tokens on the Facebook platform.

3 months ago·New Delhi, India

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South China Morning Post

Ireland fines Facebook owner Meta €251 million for data breach

The tech giant infringed EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, according to the country’s data watchdog.

3 months ago·Hong Kong

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Meta, fined 251 million euros in the EU for a security breach. Millions of Facebook accounts were affected - HotNews.ro

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was fined 251 million euros in the European Union on Tuesday, following a security breach in 2018 that allowed hackers to access data…

3 months ago·Romania

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