The cyber crime i will be talking about is the most recent
FACEBOOK DATA LEAK SCANDAL, it came into light in 2018 but the
crime was started in 2014 itself.
THE CRIME: It is known as FACEBOOK-CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICAL DATA
SCANDAL,the crime involved the collection of personal information
of upto 87 million facebook users that cambridge Analica Began
collectimg in 2014, this data was used toi influence voter opinion
on behalf of politicians who hire them.
WHAT HAPPENED
- Facebook suspended Donald Trump’s data operations team for
misusing people’s personal information
- The data-gathering tactics used by Cambridge Analytica were an
open secret to online marketers.
- Cambridge Analytica reportedly still hasn’t deleted Facebook
user data as promised
- Facebook says Cambridge Analytica data collection affected
nearly twice as many users as previously thought
- Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Facebook profile was part of the
Cambridge Analytica leak
- Shadow profiles are the biggest flaw in Facebook’s privacy
defense.
FACEBOOK REACTS
- Facebook says it’s hired a forensics team to investigate
Cambridge Analytica
- Cambridge Analytica says it’s conducting a third-party audit
over Facebook data
- Facebook will limit developers’ access to account data
- Cambridge Analytica suspends its CEO after comments about
bribery and entrapment
- Facebook says it will not extend GDPR privacy protections
beyond EU
- Facebook will no longer allow third-party data for targeting
ads
- Facebook is reducing its Android call history and SMS data
collection
- Facebook has suspended Canadian data firm AggregateIQ
THE WORLD REACTS
- Facebook stock tanks after data breach report, shaving billions
off company’s market valu
- Playboy deletes its Facebook accounts
- In a leaked memo, Facebook executive describes the consequences
of its growth-at-all-costs mentality.
IN CUSE A CASE THE MINIMUM INVOLVEMENT OF THIRD PARTY IS WHAT
COMPANY CAN DO TO AVOID SUCH A CYBER CRIME.