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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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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Parent Firm Meta's Profits Drop As Facebook Now Has Less Users
Facebook's parent firm Meta on Wednesday delivered a gloomy mix of a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, a decrease in users and threats to its ad business that plunged shares some 22 percent in after-hours trading.
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Private Details Of 500 Million Facebook Users On Offer, Says Leaker
A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free.
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India Second To US In Demanding Facebook User Data, Requests Up By 37%
The number of government demands for Facebook user data increased by 16 percent in the first half of this year compared to the last half of the previous year, the social media giant has said in its transparency report. Globally, government demands from January to June were at 1,28,617, which is the highest since Facebook's first transparency report...
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Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Accessed Users' Data For Months
In yet another data breach, Facebook on Wednesday revealed that at least 100 app developers may have accessed Facebook users' data for months, confirming that at least 11 partners "accessed group members' information in the last 60 days".
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400 Million Facebook Users' Phone Numbers Exposed In Privacy Lapse: Report
Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday.
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Facebook Says Mark Zuckerberg Did Not Ignore Personal Data Issues
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not knowingly violate an agreement with the regulator supervising the company's management of users' personal data, the social media giant said Wednesday as it addressed an issue that has been under federal investigation for the past year.
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Facebook "Unintentionally Uploaded" Email IDs Of 1.5 Million Users: Report
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
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Facebook Developers Exposed Data Of Millions On Amazon Cloud: Report
In yet another shocking revelation, US-based cyber security firm UpGuard has found that Facebook app developers left millions of user records, including comments, likes and reactions, exposed on the Amazon Cloud servers.
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Facebook Planned To Sell Users' Data In 2012: Report
Facebook considered selling users' data to companies some years ago but later decided to act against it, the media reported. Facebook staff in 2012 considered charging companies at least $250,000 for "access to one of its primary troves of user data -- the Graph API"
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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 Employee Fired Over Bragging About Access to User Information
Facebook on Thursday said that it fired an employee accused of bragging on matchmaking app Tinder about his access to private user information.
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Facebook Says Most of Its 2 Billion Users Had Their Data 'Scraped' From Profiles
Facebook said Wednesday that "malicious actors" took advantage of search tools on its platform.
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Facebook Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal: Zuckerberg's Shine Dims as Guardian of Users
Mark Zuckerberg rose to wealth and fame with a mission of connecting everyone through Facebook, but now faces the wrath of outraged users.
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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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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Parent Firm Meta's Profits Drop As Facebook Now Has Less Users
Facebook's parent firm Meta on Wednesday delivered a gloomy mix of a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, a decrease in users and threats to its ad business that plunged shares some 22 percent in after-hours trading.
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Private Details Of 500 Million Facebook Users On Offer, Says Leaker
A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free.
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India Second To US In Demanding Facebook User Data, Requests Up By 37%
The number of government demands for Facebook user data increased by 16 percent in the first half of this year compared to the last half of the previous year, the social media giant has said in its transparency report. Globally, government demands from January to June were at 1,28,617, which is the highest since Facebook's first transparency report...
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Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Accessed Users' Data For Months
In yet another data breach, Facebook on Wednesday revealed that at least 100 app developers may have accessed Facebook users' data for months, confirming that at least 11 partners "accessed group members' information in the last 60 days".
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400 Million Facebook Users' Phone Numbers Exposed In Privacy Lapse: Report
Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday.
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Facebook Says Mark Zuckerberg Did Not Ignore Personal Data Issues
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not knowingly violate an agreement with the regulator supervising the company's management of users' personal data, the social media giant said Wednesday as it addressed an issue that has been under federal investigation for the past year.
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Facebook "Unintentionally Uploaded" Email IDs Of 1.5 Million Users: Report
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
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Facebook Developers Exposed Data Of Millions On Amazon Cloud: Report
In yet another shocking revelation, US-based cyber security firm UpGuard has found that Facebook app developers left millions of user records, including comments, likes and reactions, exposed on the Amazon Cloud servers.
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Facebook Planned To Sell Users' Data In 2012: Report
Facebook considered selling users' data to companies some years ago but later decided to act against it, the media reported. Facebook staff in 2012 considered charging companies at least $250,000 for "access to one of its primary troves of user data -- the Graph API"
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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 Employee Fired Over Bragging About Access to User Information
Facebook on Thursday said that it fired an employee accused of bragging on matchmaking app Tinder about his access to private user information.
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Facebook Says Most of Its 2 Billion Users Had Their Data 'Scraped' From Profiles
Facebook said Wednesday that "malicious actors" took advantage of search tools on its platform.
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Facebook Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal: Zuckerberg's Shine Dims as Guardian of Users
Mark Zuckerberg rose to wealth and fame with a mission of connecting everyone through Facebook, but now faces the wrath of outraged users.
