Facebook's failure to ensure that Cambridge Analytica had deleted user data will cost it £500,000 ($663,306), according to the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office, which also intends to open a criminal case against the data analytics firm....
Over a 10-day period in May, a software bug automatically updated 14 million Facebook users' privacy settings from Private to Public, exposing their posts to a wider audience. Facebook was testing a feature designed to help users share content. "We recently found a bug that automatically suggested...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally broke his silence on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal on Wednesday, posting an explanation online and giving interviews to some news organizations. "We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you,"...
Concerning the FBI's investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 U.S. election, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said social media companies should be fined if they can't get rid of bots on their platforms. “They have brilliant people working there,” Klobuchar said on NBC's Meet the Press....
The new phishing attempt by hackers targets smartphone owners most of whom are Facebook users. If you frequently use the Facebook on your smartphones beware! Researchers have uncovered a new phishing attempt by hackers that targets smartphone owners most of whom are Facebook users. Security researchers from...
Last week, Sanford Wallace, the self-styled "Spam King" confessed and was found guilty of hacking into numerous Facebook accounts and posting at least 27 million spam messages within three months. ...
As The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, Facebook saw an additional 23 companies join ThreatExchange since the introduction of a new application process last week. Members of the platform utilize Facebook’s APIs to share and query threat intelligence information with other organizations....