Former Meta Engineer Faces Criminal Probe for Stealing Facebook Photos

0:00On April 7th, a former meta-engineer in London is facing a criminal probe for allegedly snatching 30,000 private photos from Facebook users. Cops from the Metropolitan Police Cybercrime team say he built a sneaky script to dodge the company's security and grab those images without getting caught. Metacot wind of this breach over a year back fired the guy on the spot, alerted the affected users, and tipped off UK police themselves. They've since beefed up their defenses to stop repeats. This hits hard for folks trusting Facebook with their personal picks, especially after past messes like that 2018 bug exposing millions of. Photos to apps, or the recent 91 million euro fine in Ireland for storing passwords in plain text. Right now, the engineer's out on bail, but two weeks ago, magistrates tweaked it so he reports back to police in May and flags any trips abroad. Metas fully cooperating as the investigation rolls on, reminding everyone how tight data protection has to be in this digital game.