Early this week, Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users' data in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users' data in a case linked to the Cambridge...
Another celebrity was the victim of the hackers, Mariah Carey 's Twitter account appears to have been hacked on New Year's Eve. The Twitter account of Mariah Carey was hacked on New Year's Eve, attackers posted a series of offensive, racist and lewd...
In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily...
A flaw in the Twitter app for Android could have been exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information or take over an account. Twitter has recently addressed a security vulnerability that affected the Android version of the app, it could have...
Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. Security expert Bob Diachenko, along with Comparitech, has discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs,...
Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people's accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people's...
Twitter announced that its users can protect their accounts with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) even if they don't have a phone number. Twitter is going to allow its users to protect their accounts with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) even if they don't...
Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf...
Facebook disclosed a new security incident, the social network giant admitted that app developers may have accessed its group users' data. Facebook disclosed another security incident, the company revealed that roughly 100 app developers may have...
Facebook has agreed to pay a fine of $643,000 (500,000 pounds) in the privacy case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In July 2018, Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. for its conduct in the Cambridge Analytica privacy...