It's an expensive day for Meta. First, Australia announced a $50 million AUD ($31.7 million USD) settlement with the company over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and now the Irish Data Protection Committee (IDPC) has issued Meta a €251 million ($263 million) fine. The IRDC's fine stems from a personal data breach on Facebook in 2018. Hackers had exploited a "vulnerability in Facebook's code," related to the View As feature, the company said at the time. It allowed them to get hold of users' ac...
It's an expensive day for Meta. First, Australia announced a $50 million AUD ($31.7 million USD) settlement with the company over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and now the Irish Data Protection Committee (IDPC) has issued Meta a €251 million ($263 million) fine. The IRDC's fine stems from a personal data breach on Facebook in 2018. Hackers had exploited a "vulnerability in Facebook's code," related to the View As feature, the company said at the time. It allowed them to get hold of users' ac...
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