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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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Records Of 200,000 Facebook Marketplace Users Found On Dark Web
This is not the first time that such a data leak has been reported. In 2021, details of 530 million Facebook users were leaked in an online forum.
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Russian Court Fines Facebook $62,922 Over Data Law Breach: Report
A Russian court fined social media company Facebook 4 million roubles ($62,922) on Thursday for its failure to comply with a Russian data law, the RIA news agency reported.
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Users Gave Permission To Companies To Access Data: Facebook
Facebook Inc said it did not give companies access to personal data of users without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the social network allowed some tech giants far greater access to data than it had disclosed.
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Facebook Security Breach: Here's Everything We Know So Far
Facebook said that "up to 50 million accounts" were directly affected.
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With Data Breach of 50 Million Users, What's Next for Facebook?
Next up is the waiting game, as Facebook continues its investigation and users scan for notifications that their accounts were targeted by the hackers.
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Facebook Data Breach: Senator Urges for US Congress to Take Action
A full investigation should be swiftly conducted and made public so that we can understand more about what happened," the US Senator Mark Warner said.
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In RTI Reply, Centre Refuses To Share Facebook's Response On Data Breach
The Indian government has refused to share copies of responses received from the US-based social media giant Facebook over global data breach scandal involving London-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, saying the information was shared by the companies "in confidence".
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India To Continue Probe Despite Cambridge Analytica Closure
The Indian government will continue with its enquiry into the Cambridge Analytica data leak issue, irrespective of the British firm announcing closure of business, senior IT Ministry officials said today.
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Cambridge Analytica May Be Closing, But Investigations Will Continue In UK
Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based firm in the centre of the Facebook data breach row, announced on Wednesday that it would cease operations and declare bankruptcy in the United States and United Kingdom. But UK's data regulator and a committee of lawmakers looking into the firm have said that investigations into Cambridge Analytica will continue.
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Cambridge Analytica, Firm That Sparked Facebook Privacy Row, Shutting Down
Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy that worked for the Trump campaign and had come under attack for its use of personal Facebook data in other elections, announced on Wednesday it would cease operations and declare bankruptcy in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Testify On Facebook Data Breach, UK Lawmakers To Mark Zuckerberg
British parliamentarians said they were prepared to issue formal summons for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to appear before them and answer questions over a data scandal which has engulfed the technology giant.
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There May Be More Data Breaches In Future: Facebook Warns Investors
Facebook has warned investors that more users' data scandals in the future may adversely affect the social networking giant's reputation and brand image.
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Facebook Profit Hits An All-Time High, Unaffected By Recent Scandals - So Far
On Wednesday, Facebook said its first quarter revenue, which is dominated by advertising, grew by 49 percent to $12 billion. Net profit jumped 65 percent from the same period a year earlier to $4.9 billion.
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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Records Of 200,000 Facebook Marketplace Users Found On Dark Web
This is not the first time that such a data leak has been reported. In 2021, details of 530 million Facebook users were leaked in an online forum.
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Russian Court Fines Facebook $62,922 Over Data Law Breach: Report
A Russian court fined social media company Facebook 4 million roubles ($62,922) on Thursday for its failure to comply with a Russian data law, the RIA news agency reported.
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Users Gave Permission To Companies To Access Data: Facebook
Facebook Inc said it did not give companies access to personal data of users without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the social network allowed some tech giants far greater access to data than it had disclosed.
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Facebook Security Breach: Here's Everything We Know So Far
Facebook said that "up to 50 million accounts" were directly affected.
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With Data Breach of 50 Million Users, What's Next for Facebook?
Next up is the waiting game, as Facebook continues its investigation and users scan for notifications that their accounts were targeted by the hackers.
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Facebook Data Breach: Senator Urges for US Congress to Take Action
A full investigation should be swiftly conducted and made public so that we can understand more about what happened," the US Senator Mark Warner said.
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In RTI Reply, Centre Refuses To Share Facebook's Response On Data Breach
The Indian government has refused to share copies of responses received from the US-based social media giant Facebook over global data breach scandal involving London-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, saying the information was shared by the companies "in confidence".
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India To Continue Probe Despite Cambridge Analytica Closure
The Indian government will continue with its enquiry into the Cambridge Analytica data leak issue, irrespective of the British firm announcing closure of business, senior IT Ministry officials said today.
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Cambridge Analytica May Be Closing, But Investigations Will Continue In UK
Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based firm in the centre of the Facebook data breach row, announced on Wednesday that it would cease operations and declare bankruptcy in the United States and United Kingdom. But UK's data regulator and a committee of lawmakers looking into the firm have said that investigations into Cambridge Analytica will continue.
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Cambridge Analytica, Firm That Sparked Facebook Privacy Row, Shutting Down
Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy that worked for the Trump campaign and had come under attack for its use of personal Facebook data in other elections, announced on Wednesday it would cease operations and declare bankruptcy in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Testify On Facebook Data Breach, UK Lawmakers To Mark Zuckerberg
British parliamentarians said they were prepared to issue formal summons for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to appear before them and answer questions over a data scandal which has engulfed the technology giant.
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There May Be More Data Breaches In Future: Facebook Warns Investors
Facebook has warned investors that more users' data scandals in the future may adversely affect the social networking giant's reputation and brand image.
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Facebook Profit Hits An All-Time High, Unaffected By Recent Scandals - So Far
On Wednesday, Facebook said its first quarter revenue, which is dominated by advertising, grew by 49 percent to $12 billion. Net profit jumped 65 percent from the same period a year earlier to $4.9 billion.
