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Data PrivacyNews

Surveillance Company Voyager Labs Sued by Meta for Data Scraping, Use of Fake Accounts

January 26, 2023
Meta is framing the lawsuit as an opening volley in a war against data scraping and invasive surveillance by law enforcement partners. The surveillance company has clearly gone farther than is usual given the creation of some 38,000 fake accounts.
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Data ProtectionNews

€265 Million GDPR Fine for Meta Over Data Scraping Conducted Prior to 2020

November 30, 2022
The GDPR fine was sparked by a round of media reports in early 2021 documenting how the personal data of over 530 million Facebook users was left open to data scraping for an extended period thanks to faults in certain tools.
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Clubhouse application icon on smartphone showing Clubhouse and Facebook users phishing and account takeover attacks
Cyber SecurityNews

“Combo File” Merging 3.8 Billion Phone Numbers from Clubhouse With Scraped Facebook Users Could Cause Surge in Phishing, Account Takeover Attacks

October 1, 2021
A new "combination file" offered on the dark web that makes connections between Clubhouse and Facebook users is a threat to create a spike in specific attack types, namely phishing and account takeover attempts.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Data Scraping Yields 700 Million LinkedIn Profiles for Sale on Dark Web; About 92% Of Platform Users, but Mostly Public Information

July 2, 2021
Another social media platform API has been abused for data scraping. A listing offering 700 million LinkedIn profiles has appeared on an underground hacking forum.
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Clubhouse application on mobile phone screen showing threat of data scraping
Data PrivacyNews

Clubhouse Joins Facebook and LinkedIn as Target of Data Scraping; Cumulative One Billion User Profiles Have Been Leaked

April 16, 2021
Hot on the heels of high-profile data scraping incidents at Facebook and LinkedIn, the personal information of about 1.3 million users of chat app Clubhouse has been found posted to a hacker forum.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Chinese Startup Leaks 318 Million Private Records Obtained Through Data Scraping Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn Social Profiles

January 22, 2021
A Chinese startup leaked information of more than 214 million social media users obtained through data scraping, including private information not provided on social profiles.
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Facebook login page on mobile showing Facebook suing two websites for data scraping
Data PrivacyNews

Facebook Goes All Out on Data Scraping

July 1, 2020
Facebook is suing two websites for allegedly abusing its platforms to sell likes on Instagram and for data scraping of private information from users.
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WhatsApp Receives €5.5 Million Fine for GDPR Violations

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Security Breach at Riot Games Reveals Game Cheats, Source Code for Popular eSport “League of Legends”

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KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Ransomware Attack Shuts Down 300 Restaurants in the UK

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