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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Facebook Battles Russian Cyber Campaigns Targeting Ukraine
Facebook's parent company Meta on Thursday said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns.
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Meta Gave User Data To Hackers Who Forged Legal Requests: Report
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
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Facebook Disrupted Pakistan Hacking Group Targeting Afghan Users: Report
Facebook's parent company announced that it took actions against groups of hackers in Pakistan that targeted people who were connected to the previous Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul.
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"Official Facebook Account Hacked": Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday warned about the hacking of his Facebook account, where a call for recognition of the Taliban was published minutes earlier.
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Facebook Suspends Fake Russian Accounts Over US Election Hack Threat
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia's intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election.
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Twitter Accounts Of Facebook, Messenger Platform Hacked
Twitter confirmed on Friday that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook Inc and its Messenger platform were hacked.
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Government Officials In 20 Countries Targets Of WhatsApp Hacking: Report
Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook's WhatsApp to take over users' phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company's investigation.
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Wisconsin Woman Hacked Facebook Accounts To Recruit For ISIS: Prosecutors
A Wisconsin woman hacked Facebook accounts to provide lessons in making bombs and poison on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, prosecutors said on Monday.
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A Facebook Hoax Is Tricking People Into Thinking Their Account Is Hacked
Should you be worried? Well, we have some good news and bad news. The good news is: Chances are, you were not hacked if you received this message, nor are you being impersonated on Facebook, and no fraudulent friend requests got sent. The whole thing is a viral hoax. The bad news is: People are falling for yet another copy/paste hoax on Facebook, a...
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Videos Showing How To Hack Facebook Still Running On YouTube: Report
Even as Facebook struggles to deal with a fresh data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its users, Google's video streaming platform YouTube continues to host tutorials that claim to provide people ways to hijacking Facebook accounts, the media reported.
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From Yahoo to Uber, Major Hacks of Data
Following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, here's a look at the top data privacy scandals that have rocked the world in the past.
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Donald Trump Slams Facebook As Lawmakers Await Ads Amid Russia Probe
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Facebook Inc as 'anti-Trump' and questioned its role during the 2016 presidential campaign, amid probes into alleged Russian interference in the election and possible collusion by Trump's associates
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Indian Hacker Had Warned Zomato Of Problems. Like Others, He Was Ignored
Kanishk Sajnan says he did not receive so much as a thank you from a major airline when he contacted them with alarming news -- he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Facebook Battles Russian Cyber Campaigns Targeting Ukraine
Facebook's parent company Meta on Thursday said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns.
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Meta Gave User Data To Hackers Who Forged Legal Requests: Report
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
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Facebook Disrupted Pakistan Hacking Group Targeting Afghan Users: Report
Facebook's parent company announced that it took actions against groups of hackers in Pakistan that targeted people who were connected to the previous Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul.
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"Official Facebook Account Hacked": Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday warned about the hacking of his Facebook account, where a call for recognition of the Taliban was published minutes earlier.
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Facebook Suspends Fake Russian Accounts Over US Election Hack Threat
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia's intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election.
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Twitter Accounts Of Facebook, Messenger Platform Hacked
Twitter confirmed on Friday that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook Inc and its Messenger platform were hacked.
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Government Officials In 20 Countries Targets Of WhatsApp Hacking: Report
Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook's WhatsApp to take over users' phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company's investigation.
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Wisconsin Woman Hacked Facebook Accounts To Recruit For ISIS: Prosecutors
A Wisconsin woman hacked Facebook accounts to provide lessons in making bombs and poison on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, prosecutors said on Monday.
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A Facebook Hoax Is Tricking People Into Thinking Their Account Is Hacked
Should you be worried? Well, we have some good news and bad news. The good news is: Chances are, you were not hacked if you received this message, nor are you being impersonated on Facebook, and no fraudulent friend requests got sent. The whole thing is a viral hoax. The bad news is: People are falling for yet another copy/paste hoax on Facebook, a...
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Videos Showing How To Hack Facebook Still Running On YouTube: Report
Even as Facebook struggles to deal with a fresh data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its users, Google's video streaming platform YouTube continues to host tutorials that claim to provide people ways to hijacking Facebook accounts, the media reported.
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From Yahoo to Uber, Major Hacks of Data
Following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, here's a look at the top data privacy scandals that have rocked the world in the past.
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Donald Trump Slams Facebook As Lawmakers Await Ads Amid Russia Probe
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Facebook Inc as 'anti-Trump' and questioned its role during the 2016 presidential campaign, amid probes into alleged Russian interference in the election and possible collusion by Trump's associates
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Indian Hacker Had Warned Zomato Of Problems. Like Others, He Was Ignored
Kanishk Sajnan says he did not receive so much as a thank you from a major airline when he contacted them with alarming news -- he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
