An estimated 32 million, of the half-billion of Facebook account details posted online, were tied to US-based accounts. [...]

Experts urge users to secure accounts and passwords after breach exposes personal details of more than 500 million people Australians are being urged to secure their social media accounts after the details of more than 500 million global Facebook users were found online in a massive data breach. The …

The social-media giant took down legions of fake profiles aimed at spreading espionage malware. [...]

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The coordinated action seized hundreds of accounts the companies say have played a major role in facilitating the trade and often lucrative resale of compromised …

Facebook has sued two Chrome devs for scraping user profile data - including names, user IDs and more. [...]

A cloud misconfig by SocialArks exposed 318 million records gleaned from Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. [...]

If you’re a WhatsApp user, pay attention to the changes in the privacy policy that you’re being forced to agree with. In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. Now, an updated privacy policy is changing …

The messaging platform will update its privacy platform on Feb. 8 to integrate further with its parent company, prompting users to cry foul over privacy issues. [...]