Facebook’s reaction to Saturday’s news about a major data leak was so terrible – BGR

Monday was already becoming a lively news day for technology journalists. This was then the next episode of Swing, the podcast of The New York Times’ Kara Swisher, will be available to listen to, with the new interview topic no less than Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Swisher teased via Twitter on Friday that the conversation with Cook will cover everything from the App Store drama surrounding Parler to the iPhone maker’s feud with Facebook, the latter of which Cook accidentally gave even more ammunition to use against the giant for social networking while continuing his case. that Facebook is terrible. In case you haven’t heard, there was another huge Facebook data leak containing personal information from more than 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries. This information was posted according to a report from a hacking forum Insider, that is – if you have a Facebook account, chances are your data has been re-exposed to hackers, including everything from your phone number to your email address, birthday, full name, and more.

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One of the major dangers with a leak like this is that hackers and other malicious actors can use this information to gain access to your Facebook account, and frankly, any other accounts, now that they have an abundance of information about you. For example, they can reset your password, and use it to cause all sorts of other mischief.

On Twitter, Facebook spokeswoman Liz Bourgeois responded to a handful of news articles and reports about this leak by tweeting the same two-sentence statement: ‘These are old data previously reported in 2019. We found this issue in August 2019 and corrected. . ”

In other words, Facebook is responsible for letting hundreds of millions of users leak their data again (seriously, how many times is it now?), But do not worry, that’s fine – they solved the problem long ago. Not that it does anything to deny the information that is now in the hands of hackers, but hey, Facebook has done its part!

These are old data previously reported in 2019. We found and fixed the issue in August 2019.

– Liz Bourgeois (@Liz_Shepherd) 3 April 2021

Of course, many people feel that the response is monumentally unsatisfactory.

• “Did it fix it?” tweeted someone in response. “It’s clear the data is still there.”
• “How can I change my date of birth?” reads another answer.
• Also, ‘I’ve had the same email for a decade. Like these dismissive reactions. ”
• And: “You are head of communications for @Facebook and this is your answer !? What about “we are very sorry that your data is being exposed for a second time? Contact our CS team and we will help you recover and protect your account. Just try harder! ‘

Needless to say, all of this will help shed more light on anything Cook says about Facebook during a lengthy and in-depth interview with Swisher on Monday. Here are some of Cook’s Facebook – related comments that Swisher has already shared in the upcoming interview:

“All we do, Kara, is give the user the choice to be followed or not,” Cook said at one point during the podcast, referring to the iOS changes that will make it harder for Facebook to data about what the users are doing on the internet. ‘And I think it’s hard to argue against that. I was already – I was shocked that there was a setback to this extent. ‘

And then, when Swisher asks him how he thinks it could have an effect on Facebook, Apple CEO lowered the boom. ‘Yes, Kara, I’m not focused on Facebook. So I do not know. ”

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