EU May Fine Facebook Up to $1.6 Billion Over Massive Hack
- 6 years ago
EU May Fine Facebook Up to
$1.6 Billion Over
Massive Hack The massive fine stems from Facebook's admittance that hackers gained access tokens to at least 50 million accounts. Reports add the hackers bypassed security measures, potentially giving them full control of
both profiles and
linked apps. Facebook has not said whether the attackers attempted to extract data from the affected profiles. The social media giant has also admitted it was unable to determine the extent to which
third-party apps could have been compromised. Facebook adds the attack was
highly sophisticated and they
may never know who was behind it. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe, has demanded more information from the company about the nature and scale of
the breach.
$1.6 Billion Over
Massive Hack The massive fine stems from Facebook's admittance that hackers gained access tokens to at least 50 million accounts. Reports add the hackers bypassed security measures, potentially giving them full control of
both profiles and
linked apps. Facebook has not said whether the attackers attempted to extract data from the affected profiles. The social media giant has also admitted it was unable to determine the extent to which
third-party apps could have been compromised. Facebook adds the attack was
highly sophisticated and they
may never know who was behind it. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe, has demanded more information from the company about the nature and scale of
the breach.