Facebook Hack

• Heartless hackers target grieving mom stealing treasured memories of late son

  A grieving mom is warning others after falling for a popular scam that cost her not only her Facebook profile but also some very treasured memories of her late son.

  Consumer

  Jun 20, 2023
  
• Sask. business hacked, lost access for 5 months, but Facebook restored access after media request

  Rochelle Annala, owner of Bibs and Boots Fabric in Outlook, Sask., said she got the runaround from Meta after her business's Facebook page was hacked in November 2022.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2023
  
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• N.S. content creator trying to get social media accounts back after Facebook hack

  Megan Isenor, who ran a monetized Instagram page focusing on renovations, says she hasn't been able to contact anyone at the company to get her account back.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2021
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• Facebook acknowledges personal information of 500M users posted online, says data is ‘old’

  Facebook acknowledged the news in an emailed statement Saturday afternoon, but said the data was obtained during a breach in 2019.

  Tech

  Apr 3, 2021
• The Israeli spyware allegedly behind the WhatsApp hack, and who was targeted

  The security flaw was patched, but questions remain about who was targeted and why.

  Consumer

  May 14, 2019
• Year in review: From Cambridge Analytica to shares, Facebook had a tough 2018

  From the less controversial changes to its newsfeed to the massive Cambridge Analytica scandal, here’s a look at what Facebook went through this year.

  Tech

  Dec 24, 2018
• Facebook hack: Find out if you were affected, and what it means

  As Facebook hack details slowly emerge, here's how to tell if your account was compromised.

  Tech

  Oct 15, 2018
• Facebook revises number of accounts hacked, says 29 million were affected

  An additional 1 million accounts were accessed, but hackers didn’t get any information from them.

  Tech

  Oct 12, 2018
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• Facebook says new security breach affects 50 million users

  Facebook on Friday says 50 million user accounts have been affected by a security breach. 

  Tech

  Sep 28, 2018
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• Facebook takes out newspaper ads to apologize for Cambridge Analytica scandal

  The ads signed by Mark Zuckerberg said a quiz app built by a Cambridge University researcher leaked Facebook data of millions of people four years ago.

  Tech

  Mar 25, 2018