Tag: Cybersecurity

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined €251 million by the European Union's Data Protection Commission (DPC) for a 2018 security breach that compromised the personal data of approximately 29 million users worldwide, including 3 million within the EU. The breach involved the exploitation of vulnerabilities in Facebook's "View As" feature, leading to unauthorized access to user profiles and sensitive information.

In the digital age, free Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are popular for enhancing online privacy. However, some of these services, like Big Mama VPN, may inadvertently expose users to significant security risks by selling access to their home internet connections through residential proxy networks.