A Facebook privacy breach has seen parent company Meta fined $1.3B – the largest amount ever imposed for breaking Europe’s tough GDPR privacy laws, according to WSJ sources. The news is expected to be officially announced later today. The fine also raises questions about the privacy of US Facebook users, as it was levied for exposing European citizens to the much looser rules that apply to American users … more… The post Facebook privacy breach sees parent company Meta fined a record $1.3B appeared first on 9to5Mac.

A Facebook privacy breach has seen parent company Meta fined $1.3B – the largest amount ever imposed for breaking Europe’s tough GDPR privacy laws, according to WSJ sources. The news is expected to be officially announced later today. The fine also raises questions about the privacy of US Facebook users, as it was levied for exposing European citizens to the much looser rules that apply to American users … more… The post Facebook privacy breach sees parent company Meta fined a record $1.3B appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Macworld Macs may be a far less tempting target for malware and viruses, but they’re not immune from attack. Even if you don’t care about adware or being used as means to infect users on other platforms, it’s still possible to fall victim to ransomware, or password theft. Accordingly, good antivirus for Mac software will protect your Mac on all of these fronts. It’ll catch malware that’s still spreading or in circulation; block ransomware; protect older systems with out-of-date software from security vulnerabilities; prevent your Mac from acting as a carrier for malware aimed at other operating systems; and keep infected files off of any virtual machines you’re running. As to the question of which Mac antivirus software you should choose,…

In January, T-Mobile revealed it was hit by a data breach that impacted 37 million customers. Now the company has shared that it has seen another incident. The good(ish) news is this time it’s believed to only have affected 836 users but the bad news is the malicious party was able to steal sensitive info like social security numbers, full names, birth dates, contact information, T-Mobile account PINs, and more. more… The post T-Mobile sees another data breach compromising social security numbers and more for small group appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Just five months into the year, T-Mobile disclosed its second data breach, but thankfully only affected a small number of customers.A new data breach from T-MobileThe carrier announced its first breach for 2023 in January but was able to shut down the attack within 24 hours. In the second one, however, hackers had access to hundreds of customers' personal information for over a month, according to Bleeping Computer. Read more...