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Ireland fines Meta $263 million for 2018 View As data breach


The hackers gained access to a range of users' personal information.

They gained access to information such as a user’s full name, email address, phone number, location, date of birth, religion and children’s personal data. Down under, the Cambridge Analytica scandal settlement stems from a whistleblower who revealed in 2018 that the company had "exploited Facebook to harvest millions of people’s profiles." The company was previously led by Steve Bannon, who recently served time in jail for his refusal to cooperate in the January 6 investigation.

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