Guy Rosen named CISO at Meta
Guy Rosen, longtime Facebook leader and former VP of Product Management at Meta, has been named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) …
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Meta updates privacy policy with more detail about what data it collects
Meta said after being “inspired” by user feedback and privacy experts, the company has rewritten its privacy policy “to make it easier to …
Microsoft Warns of Web Skimmers Mimicking Google Analytics and Meta Pixel Code
Threat actors behind web skimming campaigns are leveraging malicious JavaScript code that mimics Google Analytics and Meta Pixel scripts in …
Facebook to Terminate some Location Tracking Services and Features
The social network giant plans the year’s most extensive bulk data deletion, including wiping out users’ location histories. Last year, …
Facebook’s Meta, tracking code, and the student financial aid website
Meta’s Facebook subsidiary has been collecting hashed personal data from students seeking US government financial aid, even from those …
Security experts surprised by Russia’s ineffective cyberattacks in Ukraine but warn against complacency
In an 1892 collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of “the curious incident of the dog in the …
Meta Tries to Break the End-to-End Encryption Deadlock
A new report Meta commissioned aims to redefine comprehensive encryption as essential to protecting human …
How can US law enforcement agencies access your data? Let’s count the ways
A review of the myriad ways tech companies share consumer data with law enforcement agencies reveals that it’s often fairly …
Fake Cops Scammed Apple and Meta to Get User Data
Just ask the people of Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, where Russia’s devastating attacks have cut off the flow of information in …
Hackers fooled Meta, Apple by sending forged emergency requests, acquired customer data
The customer’s address, phone number, and IP address are some of the details that were shared by the companies after receiving fraudulent …
Meta fined $18.6 million for data breaches that violate GDPR
notifications it received in six months, between June 7, 2018 and December 4, 2018. As a result, the DPC found that Meta failed to have …
Meta shares how it detects silent data corruptions in its data centres
After years of testing various approaches for detecting silent data corruptions (SDCs), Meta has outlined its approach for resolving the …
Irish Watchdog Fines Meta $19m Over Data Breach
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has been fined €17m ($19m) by Ireland’s data regulator. The decision by the Data Protection …
Facebook Hit With $18.6 Million GDPR Fine Over 12 Data Breaches in 2018
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday slapped Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms a fine of €17 million (~$18.6 …