Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, has been fined €251m ($263m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a 2018 data breach that affected millions, including 3 million in the EU and EEA. The breach resulted from a bug that allowed unknown attackers to use the ‘View As’ feature to gain access to users’ personal information. In addition, Meta has agreed to a $31.5m payment program to settle with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner over the misuse of users’ data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
CISA Flags Critical Flaws in Mitel and Oracle Systems Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three vulnerabilities impacting Mitel MiCollab and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The