Meta's Data Breach Exposes North Korean Defectors to Advertisers

Meta has been fined approximately $15.7 million by South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission for improperly processing and sharing sensitive user data with advertisers. The data, collected from around 980,000 users, included information on political views, sexuality, and religion, and was shared with about 4,000 advertisers without user consent. The commission also noted Meta's failure to comply with a user data access request and its inability to prevent data exposure to hackers. Meta is reviewing the decision and plans to engage with the commission to address privacy concerns.