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Facebook and Instagram outage logs out users, passwords not working

Facebook and Instagram users worldwide have been logged out of the sites and are having trouble logging in, receiving errors that their passwords are incorrect.
- Mayank Parmar
- March 05, 2024
- 11:18 AM
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200,000 Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum

A threat actor leaked 200,000 records on a hacker forum, claiming they contained the mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information of Facebook Marketplace users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 13, 2024
- 02:30 PM
- 5
Watch out for "I can't believe he is gone" Facebook phishing posts

A widespread Facebook phishing campaign stating, "I can't believe he is gone. I'm gonna miss him so much," leads unsuspecting users to a website that steals your Facebook credentials.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 21, 2024
- 11:19 AM
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Meta won't remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing

Meta seems to be falling short of effectively tackling fake Instagram profiles even when there are sufficient signs to indicate that a profile is misusing someone else's photos and identity.
- Ax Sharma
- January 20, 2024
- 07:19 AM
- 4
Meta rolls out default end-to-end encryption on Messenger, Facebook

Meta has announced that the immediate availability of end-to-end encryption for all chats and calls made through the Messenger app, as well as the Facebook social media platform.
- Bill Toulas
- December 07, 2023
- 09:27 AM
- 2
WhatsApp's new Secret Code feature hides your locked chats

WhatsApp has introduced a new Secret Code feature that allows users to hide their locked chats by setting a custom password.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2023
- 04:32 PM
- 0
WhatsApp now lets users hide their location during calls

WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 08, 2023
- 09:00 AM
- 0
Meta faces EU ban on Facebook, Instagram targeted advertising

The European Data Protection Board has extended the temporary ban on targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram, imposed by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) in July.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 01, 2023
- 07:45 PM
- 0
WhatsApp gets support for multiple accounts on the same phone

Meta announced today that it's rolling out support for multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device, allowing users to switch between them without needing to log out.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 19, 2023
- 08:14 AM
- 1
Facebook behavioral ads banned by Norwegian privacy watchdog

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the country's data privacy watchdog, has banned behavioral advertising on Meta's Facebook and Instagram social networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2023
- 08:12 AM
- 1
Instagram's Threads to get Twitter-like hashtags support, edit button and more

Instagram's dedicated text-sharing app, Threads, is set to introduce many new features, including Twitter-style hashtags, an edit button, a trending page, and possibly even an automatic archiving function. Instagram's Head, Adam Mosseri, confirmed these upcoming features in a series of posts on Threads.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 09, 2023
- 04:58 AM
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EU slaps Meta with $1.3 billion fine for moving data to US servers

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a $1.3 billion fine on Facebook after claiming that the company violated Article 46(1) of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 11:04 AM
- 3
WhatsApp now lets you lock chats with a password or fingerprint

Meta is now rolling out 'Chat Lock,' a new WhatsApp privacy feature allowing users to block others from accessing their most personal conversations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 15, 2023
- 02:20 PM
- 0
Meta to fight €390 million fine for breaching EU data privacy laws

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million after finding that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to consent to personal data processing for targeted advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 04, 2023
- 10:57 AM
- 2
Phishing attack uses Facebook posts to evade email security

A new phishing campaign uses Facebook posts as part of its attack chain to trick users into giving away their account credentials and personally identifiable information (PII).
- Bill Toulas
- December 15, 2022
- 12:38 PM
- 0
Meta fined €265M for not protecting Facebook users' data from scrapers

Meta has been fined €265 million ($275.5 million) by the Irish data protection commission (DPC) for a massive 2021 Facebook data leak exposing the information of hundreds of million users worldwide.
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 10:15 AM
- 0
Meta links U.S. military with covert Facebook influence operation

Meta has removed several accounts on Facebook and Instagram associated with the U.S. military, saying they were used as part of covert influence operations targeting the Middle East and Russia.
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2022
- 02:38 PM
- 2
Ducktail hackers now use WhatsApp to phish for Facebook Ad accounts

A cybercriminal operation tracked as Ducktail has been hijacking Facebook Business accounts causing losses of up to $600,000 in advertising credits.
- Ionut Ilascu
- November 23, 2022
- 04:47 AM
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Russia labels Meta an 'extremist' org, sends legal threats to users

Rosfinmonitoring, Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service, has added Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to its list of terrorists and extremists.
- Bill Toulas
- October 11, 2022
- 12:25 PM
- 2
Meta sues app dev for stealing over 1 million WhatsApp accounts

Meta has sued several Chinese companies doing business as HeyMods, Highlight Mobi, and HeyWhatsApp for developing and allegedly using "unofficial" WhatsApp Android apps to steal over one million WhatsApp accounts starting May 2022.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 06, 2022
- 02:03 PM
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