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Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX to c/databreaches

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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 $101.5 million at current exchange rates — after concluding a multiyear investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

That’s just the cost of operating.

Fine them something really impactful or pass some laws to protect customers already!