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Facebook investigating data breach where names, phone numbers of over 267 million users was reportedly exposed
Tech2 News Staff •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
Tech2 News Staff •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
Tech2 News Staff •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
Tech2 News Staff •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
Tech2 News Staff •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%.