Former Meta Engineer Faces Probe for Private Facebook Photos

0:00On April 7, a former meta-engineer in London is facing a criminal probe for allegedly downloading around 30,000 private Facebook photos. Cops say he built a script to dodge the company's security checks while on the job. Metacop the issue over a year back, fired the guy right away, told affected users, and tipped off UK police. They've since beefed up their systems to prevent repeats. The Metropolitan Police Cybercrime team is leading the charge with the suspect out on bail. Just two weeks ago, magistrates tweaked his conditions. He's got to check in with officers in May, and flag any trips abroad. This hits amid Metacop's rough pattern privacy, like that 2018 photo bug hitting millions in a recent 91 million euro fine-in, Ireland for sloppy password storage. Police probe rose on, Metacop fully cooperating, and it spotlights how tight-tech giants got a lockdown user data these days.