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DII-2024-00273
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords

Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine - around $101.5M USD at current...

27 September 2024 · Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
27 September 2024
DII-2024-002733 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
27 September 2024
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Industry
Business and professional services

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
27 September 2024
dataprotection.ie
announced
au.finance.yahoo.com
Yahoo!Finance