European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts.

The DPC announced on Tuesday it was fining Meta 251 million euros ($263.5 million) for failing to prevent cyberattackers from exploiting a vulnerability in Facebook's code. The ex

The lead European Union data privacy regulator for Meta fined the social media giant 251 million euros ($263.5 million) on Tuesday for a 2018 Facebook security breach that affected 29 million users. M

The Irish Data Protection Commission on Tuesday imposed a fine of €251 million ($263.5 million) on Facebook's parent company Meta for a massive data breach which affected 29 million users around the world for a few days in 2018.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has reportedly been fined more than €250 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a data breach. The said data breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally,

An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy on Tuesday said it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw users' accounts hacked.

European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling €251 million on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts.