Meta Fined $263.5M for Security Breach in Facebook's 'View As' Feature
METAMeta Platforms(META) CNET·2024-12-18 00:00

Back in 2018, 29 million Facebook users around the world were affected by a security breach that exposed their personal data. Six years later, the Irish Data Protection Commission, which regulates Facebook's parent company Meta in the European Union, has finally issued the company with a fine for the breach.The DPC announced on Tuesday it was fining Meta 251 million euros ($263.5 million) for failing to prevent cyberattackers from exploiting a vulnerability in Facebook's code. The exploit allowed them to us ...