Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts
Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts
18 December 2024
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what's the latest financial hit the company has taken for flouting stringent privacy laws.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the data breach impacted approximately 29 million