Facebook Introduces New Login Alerts
Facebook this week introduced a new notification to alert users when their accounts interact with a third-party application using Facebook Login. Dubbed “Login Notifications,”...
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Facebook to notify users of third-party app logins
Image: Facebook Facebook launched a new feature this week that will notify users whenever they (or somebody else) logs into a third-party app or...
Facebook Code Update Gone Wrong Exposes Anonymous Admins – E Hacking News
Recently Facebook encountered quite a bug crisis, as a bad code update going live on the night of 10th January apparently prompted the exposure...
Facebook Rushes to Patch Bug Exposing Page Admins
Facebook last week rushed to patch a bug that exposed the accounts of individuals who manage pages, after the weakness was exploited against several...
Facebook says no to blocking political ads
Facebook has said while it will not block political ads, new controls have been introduced to allow people to see fewer political ads on...
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Facebook Fined $1.65 Mn by Brazil
Brazil on Monday fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the global Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook engaged...
Brazil surpasses UK in Facebook fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The Brazilian government has fined Facebook following an investigation around the misuse of personal data belonging to nearly half a million users in political...
Twitter, Facebook Target State-Linked Accounts Made to Manipulate
Facebook and Twitter on Friday said they had blocked multiple government-backed manipulation operations around the world, several of which favored US President Donald Trump,...
267 Million Facebook Users Exposed in Accessible Database
An unprotected Elasticsearch database that was accessible from the Internet was recently found to store information on over 267 million Facebook users, according to...
Lithuanian Man Sentenced to Prison Over BEC Scheme Targeting Facebook, Google
Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national involved in a highly profitable business email compromise (BEC) scheme that targeted Google and Facebook, has been sentenced to...