databreach

Massive breach as 533 million Facebook users' personal data leaked

Massive breach as 533 million Facebook users' personal data leaked

Data was scraped due to a vulnerability that the company patched in 2019, as per Facebook spox.

23:00, 04.04.2021

Government officials worldwide targeted for hacking through WhatsApp – Reuters

Government officials worldwide targeted for hacking through WhatsApp – Reuters

Сyber intrusion could have broad political and diplomatic consequences.

12:20, 01.11.2019

Russian FSB hacked: "Largest data breach in its history"

Russian FSB hacked: "Largest data breach in its history"

Details were revealed of cyber projects that included social media scraping, targeted collection and the "de-anonymization of users of the Tor browser."

12:30, 21.07.2019

Millions of Facebook user records exposed on Amazon cloud server

Millions of Facebook user records exposed on Amazon cloud server

Facebook is under federal criminal investigation for deals it struck with electronics manufacturers to access user data, and it has been hit a series of security breaches over the past year.

13:10, 04.04.2019

Facebook could face record-setting fine in U.S. for privacy violations – media

Facebook could face record-setting fine in U.S. for privacy violations – media

The penalty is expected to be much larger than the $22.5 million fine the agency imposed on Google in 2012.

10:40, 21.01.2019

Hack brief: Astonishing 773 mln records exposed in monster breach – media

Hack brief: Astonishing 773 mln records exposed in monster breach – media

The data set was first reported by security researcher Troy Hunt, who maintains Have I Been Pwned, a way to search whether your own email or password has been compromised by a breach at any point.

16:40, 18.01.2019

BBC finds private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts put up for sale

Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts.

16:00, 02.11.2018

Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry to Britons with newspaper ads

The plain black text apology on a white background, with only a tiny Facebook logo, appeared in Sunday publications.

21:40, 25.03.2018

U.S. lawmakers formally ask Facebook CEO to testify on user data – Reuters

Zuckerberg said this week he would be willing to testify if he is the right person at the company to speak to lawmakers.

22:10, 24.03.2018

FT: Facebook's Zuckerberg responds to Cambridge Analytica scandal

Shares buoyed slightly after social media group founder breaks silence.

15:00, 22.03.2018

Zuckerberg invited to EP amid massive data breach row

The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump's election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook profiles of U.S. voters.

16:40, 21.03.2018

Questions raised over Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data

Politicization of Facebook is also a geopolitical issue.

11:40, 19.03.2018

Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach

Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters.

21:40, 17.03.2018