The next privacy breach on Facebook: The company confirmed that in recent years, unsolicited uploaded the email contacts of 1.5 million users. The error was fixed.
The online network Facebook uploaded since May 2016, without permission, the contact information of up to 1.5 million new users. The error had been discovered after a change in the registration process in the past month, as Facebook confirmed. The data was not shared with anyone and would be deleted. The bug was fixed and affected users would be informed.
Upload upon confirmation of the e-mail address
About the mistake had first reported the US blog „Business Insider“. In some cases, the contact details were uploaded upon confirmation of a new user’s email address by entering the password. Facebook had the opportunity to confirm in this way the e-mail account, recently abolished by criticism from privacy experts.
Facebook had made several data breaches in recent years. Among other things, several million users may have unintentionally shared their posts with the world instead of just friends.
