MPs seize Facebook documents

November 26, 2018 | Comments Off on MPs seize Facebook documents

The BBC is reporting that Facebook documents have been seized by MPs using parliamentary powers to investigate the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. …The documents were intercepted when an executive of US tech firm Six4Three was on a trip to London. …the House of Commons serjeant-at-arms was sent to the businessman’s hotel and he was given…

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Private messages from hacked Facebook accounts for sale

November 2, 2018 | Comments Off on Private messages from hacked Facebook accounts for sale

The BBC is reporting that hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users’ accounts. The BBC understands many of the users whose details have been compromised are based in Ukraine and Russia. However, some are from the UK, US, Brazil and elsewhere. The hackers offered to sell access…

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£500,000 ICO fine for Facebook

October 25, 2018 | Comments Off on £500,000 ICO fine for Facebook

The BBC is reporting that Facebook has been fined £500,ooo by the ICO for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the maximum fine pre GDPR. …In July, the ICO notified the social network that it intended to issue the maximum fine. Confirming the fine, it said in a statement: “Between 2007 and 2014,…

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