Facebook announced the suspension of three networks of Russian accounts that allegedly tried to interfere in the politics of eight African countries. All accounts were linked to a single Russian businessman who has close ties to the country’s president, and who is accused of meddling in the U.S.’s 2016 elections. The social media platform said that all the networks were connected to “entities linked to Russian...
Read More
The social network Twitter acknowledged using its users' phone numbers —which were asked for security reasons— with promotional purposes. The company asked its users to provide their phone numbers and e-mail directions to improve their accounts' protection; using the two-steps authentication process. However, this data ended up being used with specific advertising purposes, although Twitter ensures that it was "not intentional". The security failure offered the advertisers a group of users' phone numbers, but their personal information was not revealed. However, the...
Read More
There’s no longer need to have a profile on the social network Facebook for the company to have your data. All it takes is just one click on the iconic Like button of the platform on another website, so that Mark Zuckerberg's firm receives your information. Information that, in some cases, can be compromising and bring problems if it comes to light. A study conducted by...
Read More
The messaging app with the most users worldwide, WhatsApp, once again was down the morning of July 3rd. According to reports from users it had issues with the audios, videos, or photos received. Not only WhatsApp had issues with its platforms. Facebook and Instagram also had problems around the globe. This prevented users from these social networks to use them as they normally would, since neither images...
Read More
The Irish Data Protection Commission announced an investigation on a Facebook security breach that affected 600 million of user passwords. The social media platform confirmed that dozens of thousands of employees had access to 600 million unencrypted user passwords, which made them easy to read and access. The IDCP – who was put in charge of the case due to the fact that Facebook’s European headquarters are...
Read More