Facebook Users Affected by Data Breach Eligible for Compensation: German Court November 19, 2024 A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible...
Meta Could Face Hefty Fine as EU Probe Into Massive Data Leak Draws to Close October 5, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Meta Platforms Inc. could face a hefty fine as a probe by a key European Union privacy watchdog into the...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Appeal Ireland’s €225 Million Data Privacy Fine September 3, 2021 By Conor Humphries Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the...
Judge Blocks Facebook Data Breach Victims from Suing for Damages as Group December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc. users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Facebook Warned Its Employees, Not Users, About 2018 Breach, Lawsuit Says August 16, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them...
Facebook Faces Lawsuit for Data Breach Affecting Nearly 30 Million Users June 24, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Aoife White Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of...
FBI, Global Regulators Investigating Facebook’s Largest-Ever Data Breach October 15, 2018 By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the...
50 Million Facebook Accounts Exposed to Takeover in Huge Breach September 30, 2018 By Paresh Dave Facebook Inc. said on Friday that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over nearly 50 million user...