ACCORDING to BBC, a former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30,000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The engineer, who lives in London, is believed to have designed a program to access personal pictures on the site while avoiding security checks. Laura Cress reports that Meta said the breach was discovered over a year ago, after which the firm immediately fired the suspected employee and referred the matter to law enforcement.
The article notes that the information was reported by DataBreaches[.]Net, with the investigation centre on the alleged misuse of access to user data. The developments illustrate ongoing concerns about insider threats and the protection of private content on large social platforms.