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Former Meta engineer probed over 30,000 private Facebook photos

  • Ana Maria Constantin--The Next Web
  • published date: 2026-04-08 10:02:42 UTC

In short: A former Meta engineer in London is under criminal investigation after allegedly building a program to extract around 30,000 private Facebook photos while bypassing the platform’s security checks, the latest in a series of privacy and security failu…

In short: A former Meta engineer in London is under criminal investigation after allegedly building a program to extract around 30,000 private Facebook photos while bypassing the platforms security c… [+5966 chars]