Meta, A security vulnerability from 2018 in the European Union because of A fine of $263 million took it. This fine was imposed due to unauthorized access to the personal information of millions of users on Facebook.

Violation in 2018was caused by a vulnerability in a feature that allows users to share Facebook pages with others. It was used by malicious actors, allowing unauthorized access to users’ profiles.

He was fined $263 million

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed a large fine, stating that Meta had not reported this situation in a timely manner and had not taken the necessary security measures. MetaBecause of this security issue on Facebook, approx 29 million accounts were affected and announced that 3 million of them are within the borders of the European Union.

Personal data has been recorded on a large scaleSensitive information, especially phone numbers, email addresses and religious beliefs, have been reported to have been stolen. Meta’s 2018 security breach once again exposed the company’s serious lapses in its user data security measures.