Cambridge Analytica
Facebook asking bank account info and card transactions of users
In what is supposed to be a pure speculation, for now, Facebook, the social media giant is facing a new allegation of approaching banks to share financial data related to its users. The speculations seem ripe based on a recently published Wall Street Journal report that suggests that the Mark Zuckerberg led company is nowadays […]
UK Watchdog imposes £500,000 penalty on Facebook
UK’s data Watchdog has imposed a penalty of £500,000 pounds on Facebook for fraudulently handing over the personal information of its American users to Cambridge Analytica in 2015. Henceforth the said sum happens to be the largest possible fine imposed by Britain’s Information Commission on any private company till date. The press statement released by […]
US federal agencies intensify Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal investigation
US Federal agencies like FBI, Security and Exchanges Commission and Federal Trade Commission have decided to intensify the probe against Facebook’s involvement in Cambridge Analytica data scandal. So, the probe will now on focus on issues such as whether Facebook knew about the data breach that affected some 71 million American users as early as […]
Facebook says no compensation to EU users for Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook users from Europe expected for compensation from the Mark Zuckerberg’s Company when the latter was found guilty in the recently discovered Cambridge Analytica data scandal. But the social media networking giant announced yesterday that there would be no financial payout for affected users from European region- a statement released after Facebook (FB) CEO went […]
Welcome to the world Doxxing
Doxxing in general terms means a collection of documents or data of a person and integrating all the pieces of information to turn it into a data weapon. Nowadays, as everything is available online, via social media and various digital platforms, there is no guaranty that all the data related to you will never fall […]
Passport numbers were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack
News is out that passport numbers of nearly half of the US population were stolen in Equifax Cyber Attack which took place last year. And the credit bureau agency admits that nearly 147 million were affected in the attack. After the congressional inquiries, it is said that over 3200 passports numbers, 12,000 social security card […]
After Facebook Twitter gets entangled in Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook has made it official early this month that his company did share details of its 87 million US users with British Political Consulting Firm Cambridge Analytica. He also testified his statement before the Congress and added that he and his company will from now on follow strict rules when […]
LocalBlox builds 48 million profiles by extracting sensitive information from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter users
LocalBlox a data telemetry firm is said to have used sensitive info from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Zillow platforms to create a ‘3-dimensional’ picture of over 48 million users. A report from security firm UpGuard said that the information was used for advertising or political campaigns. What’s more alarming in this whole saga is the […]
Facebook alleges Google, Twitter and Amazon also harvest user data
Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica data scandal seems to have started a blame game. In a recent blog post put on the company’s official blog the social media giant has pointed fingers at Google, Amazon and Twitter for using data collection tactics as it does. Furthermore the worlds leading social networking website said that Google […]
Facebook may pay £12000 compensation to each UK User
British Populace is in a plan to sue Facebook for its data scandal and is confident to get a £12000 compensation each from the social media giant. Announcing the same yesterday, a few of the elite group from Briton along with their lawyers issued a public statement which said that they might sue Mark Zuckerberg […]
