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FB Suffers Biggest Data Leak Scare As 500 Mn Users' Personal Data Leaked
The personal information of over 500 million Facebook users is allegedly leaked online by a hacking group. Including sensitive information like phone numbers, locations, birthdays, emails and full names of users from 106 countries, the leak is reportedly biggest in history. However, Facebook has stated that the data in question belong to a 2019 incident which has already been addressed. Notably, Facebook is struggling with data security… read-more
Tags: Technology, Personal Data Leak, Security Breach, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica
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CBI Books Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited (GSRL) for purpotedly amassing the personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. In 2018, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had apprised a CBI inquiry into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data theft case. The probe disclosed that GSRL illegally harvested data and shared it with Cambridge Analytica, who allegedly used the data to… read-more
Tags: Facebook, Data Privacy, Cambridge Analytica, cbi probe, Ravi Shankar Prasad
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