Facebook Data Breach

Facebook investigating data breach where names, phone numbers of over 267 million users was reportedly exposed

The database was apparently made available for download last week on an online hacker forum that apparently belonged to a crime group.

Facebook's repetitive losses of users' privacy supplies a long-term need for supervision: US Judge

On 28 September 2018, Facebook said that hackers had exploited software flaws to access 50 million users' accounts.

Facebook to pay 500,000 pound penalty in UK over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Data from at least 1 million British users had been harvested and used for political purposes.

Over 400 mn Facebook IDs and phone numbers exposed via unsecured server: Report

The records also contain additional information such as the gender and location of the user.

Facebook reveals millions of Instagram passwords were stored in plain text on its servers

Our investigation has determined that these stored passwords were not internally abused, said Facebook

Facebook employees had access to 600 mn passwords stored in plain text, issue fixed

Facebook said that the issue has now been fixed but as a precaution, it will be notifying those affected.

Facebook accused of allowing 'friendly fraud' to profit and intentionally mislead kids

Released court documents reveal Facebook knowingly took advantage of kids to profit from freemium games

Facebook's rulebook for content moderation leaked, shows little political understanding

The content moderation has to ensure that it adheres to simple yes/no rules. If no, the content is taken down

User data harvest to fears of smartphone addiction, 2018 highlighted tech dystopia

2018's tech scandals have been enough to exhaust even the most imaginative sci-fi visionaries.

Facebook shares tank amid reports of it sharing user data with third-party apps

Facebook's stock fell 7.25%, its biggest intraday drop since July, taking losses for the year to about 24%.