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Over 267 Million Facebook Users Have Account Info Exposed On Dark Web In Massive Data Breach – CBS New York

By Securities Docket on December 26, 2019, 1:44 pm

Over 267 million Facebook users have had their personal information exposed by another massive data breach. Security researcher Bob Diachenko reportedly made the disturbing find on Dec. 14. Diachenko and U.K. technology research firm Comparitech believe the unprotected database was left open on the dark web for nearly two weeks. via Over 267 Million Facebook […]

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Facebook’s Security Chief to Depart for Stanford University – The New York Times

By Securities Docket on August 2, 2018, 11:59 am

When Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign ahead of the November midterm elections, the company’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, was front-and-center in speaking on the issue. But Mr. Stamos will exit the social network this month, just as Facebook steps up its efforts to combat misinformation and foreign […]

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Facebook: 87 million may be affected by Cambridge Analytica leak – Business Insider

By Securities Docket on April 5, 2018, 9:10 am

“Most” of Facebook’s 2 billion users may have had their personal data skimmed from the site by “malicious actors,” the company said in a blog post by Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer. Facebook said it has disabled the feature in its site’s search function that enabled the data scraping, but the fact that so much […]

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Sen. Warner: Facebook hasn’t been ‘forthcoming’ about data breach – U.S. – Stripes

By Securities Docket on March 26, 2018, 11:46 am

Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he questioned “the use of this really sketchy firm Cambridge Analytica,” but Facebook “blew that off,” as they did other concerns over Russia’s actions. via Sen. Warner: Facebook hasn’t been ‘forthcoming’ about data breach – U.S. – Stripes.

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Facebook hires first ever head of cybersecurity policy

By Securities Docket on January 25, 2018, 8:42 am

Facebook has hired its first ever director of cybersecurity policy, CyberScoop has learned. The social media titan hired Nathaniel Gleicher, a former cybersecurity policy director in the White House during the Obama administration, to the position earlier this month. via Facebook hires first ever head of cybersecurity policy

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