[BreachExchange] Turkish watchdog says it fines Facebook $271, 000 for data breach

[Destry Winant]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-facebook-idUSKCN1SG1J6

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority
(KVKK) said on Friday it had fined Facebook a total of 1.65 million
lira ($270,976.01) in April due to a data breach.

It cited a Facebook statement from December as saying the company had
discovered a photo API bug that allowed third-party applications to
access Facebook user photos.

KVKK said that around 300,000 users in Turkey may have been affected
by this data breach. It also said that the API bug occurred for 12
days in September last year and Facebook not intervening in time
showed there were deficiencies in technical precautions regarding the
issue.