The incident involved a testing environment set up by Irregular, similar to what Anthropic reported last week.
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Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta
He replaces Guy Rosen, who announced his retirement from the company after 13 years.
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Meta Paid $78,000 Bounty for Vulnerability Exposing Customer Support Data
A security researcher discovered a broken access control vulnerability in Meta’s support infrastructure.
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Meta Says 20,000 Instagram Accounts Hacked via AI Tool Abuse
The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool.
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Google, Meta, Microsoft Among Signatories of Pact to Combat Scams
Several major tech and retail companies have signed an industry accord against online scams and fraud.
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Meta Launches New Protection Tools as It Helps Disrupt Scam Centers
The social media giant has disabled more than 150,000 accounts powering scam centers in Asia.
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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025
The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million.
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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says
Meta linked these scams to a criminal scam center in Cambodia — and said it disrupted the campaign in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
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Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Company Leaders
A settlement has been reached in the class action brought by investors against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica incident, but details have not been shared.
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Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over Facebook Privacy Violations
An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
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