Disclosed Mar 15, 20224 years agoSettled
Twelve 2018 Facebook breach notifications; Irish DPC fine of EUR 17M
Ireland's DPC examined twelve breach notifications Facebook filed between June and December 2018 and found Meta lacked appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect EU users' data. It fined Meta EUR 17M.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Discovered | Jun 2018 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Other |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Settled |
| Lawsuit or fine | EUR 17M Irish DPC fine (March 2022) (about $19M) |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Facebook fined $18.6M over string of 2018 GDPR breachestechcrunch.com · News | News |
| DPC announces decision in Meta (Facebook) inquirydataprotection.ie · Regulator | Regulator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Mar 15, 2022 |
Other breaches at Facebook
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Feb 22, 2024Feb 22, 20242 years agoHackingUnverified | Feb 22, 20242 years ago | Hacking | Tech | Unverified | 77Kacct |
| Scraped dataset of 533M Facebook users posted online; Irish DPC fine of EUR 265MApr 3, 20215 years agoScraping | Apr 3, 20215 years ago | Scraping | Tech | Settled | 533M |
| Exposed server holds 419 million records linking Facebook IDs to phone numbersSep 4, 20197 years agoScrapingUnverified | Sep 4, 20197 years ago | Scraping | Tech | Unverified | Unknown |
| Hundreds of millions of passwords stored in plaintext; Irish DPC fine of EUR 91MMar 21, 20197 years agoExposed data | Mar 21, 20197 years ago | Exposed data | Tech | Settled | Unknown |
| 2018 View As token theft hit 29M Facebook accounts; Irish DPC fines of EUR 251MSep 28, 20187 years agoHacking | Sep 28, 20187 years ago | Hacking | Tech | Settled | 29M |
| Data of up to 87 million Facebook users improperly shared with Cambridge AnalyticaMar 17, 20188 years agoVendor breach | Mar 17, 20188 years ago | Vendor breach | Tech | Settled | 87M |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.