#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019

#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019

“#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019” Facebook on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time. Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and…

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#Winklevoss twins slam Facebook as their crypto business booms

#Winklevoss twins slam Facebook as their crypto business booms

“#Winklevoss twins slam Facebook as their crypto business booms” Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss waged a famous legal war over Facebook’s beginnings — and now they’re predicting its demise. The Harvard-educated Bitcoin billionaires say “centralized” social networks like Facebook aren’t long for this world thanks to the success of the digital currencies on which they’ve built…

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#Why we fall for social-media scams, how to fight back

#Why we fall for social-media scams, how to fight back

“#Why we fall for social-media scams, how to fight back” Few of us will ever forget the failed Fyre Festival, a 2017 disaster helmed by startup bro Billy McFarland. It had all the elements of a perfectly promoted event: Supermodels Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and more posed in bikinis for a sexy video promoting the…

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#Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number goes online after Facebook hack

#Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number goes online after Facebook hack

“#Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number goes online after Facebook hack” A massive trove of hacked data from more than 500 million Facebook users was made easily accessible Saturday — including Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number, according to one security expert. The information was initially stolen in January, after hackers exploited a vulnerability related to phone numbers associated…

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