Over 184 million account credentials were exposed in an unsecured database, revealing sensitive information from platforms ...

Facebook says that it has discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million accounts and that it's not yet clear whether any information was accessed or any accounts were otherwise misused.

The social network says its investigation into the breach began on September ... action to protect the privacy and security of social media users.” Facebook may also face unprecedented scrutiny ...

An unusual traffic spike is what alerted Facebook engineers that something might be wrong, and it was an investigation into this heightened activity that led engineers to discover a massive ...

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler recently discovered an unprotected online database exposing over 184 million records ...

A hacker claims to sell 1.2 billion Facebook records. Meta says it's old, but experts warn the data is real and dangerous.

The file was unencrypted. No password protection. No security. Just a plain text file with millions of sensitive pieces of ...

In today’s digital age, convenience often triumphs over caution, especially when it comes to signing into websites and apps.

Security researchers suspect the breach affected even more people than Facebook estimated. Facebook would not say if the number of breached Facebook accounts is likely to grow. The unidentified ...

Credit: Getty Images This afternoon, Facebook held an emergency press conference to disclose a startling security breach. The company said 50 million Facebook accounts were affected in a hack that ...

Facebook said Friday it discovered a security breach that affects nearly 50 million user accounts. The issue was found by its engineering team on Tuesday afternoon. "We’re taking this incredibly ...