Ireland’s data protection agency on Wednesday launched an investigation into Facebook after the personal data of 533 million Facebook users was leaked online earlier this month.
Personal data from 533 million Facebook accounts was reportedly leaked online for free at the beginning of April, including phone numbers, email addresses, and locations. Facebook says the data was scraped from the website due to a weakness in the platform that was fixed in 2019.
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