Facebook data breach
- 1. FACEBOOK AND DATA BREACH DR. MANISHA KUMARI DEEP
- 2. FACEBOOK- CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DATA BREACH • Indian users top the list with 250 million user accounts on Facebook. • Germany has 30 million users on Facebook and is still concerned about leak of private data of its users. • Privacy laws in India is still not very strong in case of data theft or data security. Please Check IT Act (2000) • Cambridge analytica’s parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories in India partners with Ovleno Business Intelligence (OBI)
- 3. FACEBOOK- CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DATA BREACH CONTINUED… • OBI lists Congress, BJP and Janta Dal (United) as its political clients on its website. • Amrish Tyagi is son of senior JD(U) leader K C Tyagi and is the owner of OBI • Facebook has banned Cambridge Analytica from using its platform. • Using a third part App Creator the user data was gathered • Almost 270000 people downloaded the app and logged in to their Facebook user account
- 4. FACEBOOK- CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DATA BREACH CONTINUED… • The app gathered their data and their friends data and messages. • Those were handed over to Cambridge Anatytica before 2014 Presidential elections in 2014. • Cambridge Analytica harvested on 50 million Indian user accounts without their permission. • The messages were analysed to generate possible outcome of elections in US in 2016
- 5. FACEBOOK- CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DATA BREACH CONTINUED… • Cambridge Analytica ex CEO Alaxadner Nix has been Sacked. • Indian Government has warned Facebook for any data breach in future especially related to the upcoming Indian election in 2019. • As per IT Act (2000) India has Extraterritorial laws but details on penalties is unclear.
- 6. HOW FACEBOOK DATA BREACH COULD BE AVOIDED • Storing Facebook users private data in blocks in a Blockchain Network could have avoided any such data breaches. • Any information related to that block can have link of the private information data block of that user. • This will help in tracking any data modifications or data manipulation being tried by any third party. • Also by adopting dynamic trust management method (DTMM) where trust value gets updated according to the performance of the node, Facebook can keep track of Users activity to check data breach and increase security
- 7. HOW FACEBOOK DATA BREACH COULD BE AVOIDED • DTMM has been discussed in detail in “ Organic IT Infrastructure Planning and Implementation” available at Amazon https://www.amazon.in/Organic- Infrastructure-Planning-Implementation- Manisha/dp/9352740726/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521787076&sr =1-1&keywords=organic+it+infrastructure • DTMM has been used in Organic Networks details of which are available in the above mentioned book. • Moreover Any new app/code/ad etc. before upload could be made mandatory for verification by Facebook before its upload • Instead of just questioning Facebook action should have been taken against the app designer and the data harvesting company also
- 8. HOW FACEBOOK DATA BREACH COULD BE AVOIDED • Also DTMM has been discussed in case of Clod Computing and the work will be available soon at www.grin.com title Cloud: DDoS, Blockchain, Regulation and Complaince by Dr. Manisha Kumari Deep. Catalog Numberv416755 SubjectComputer Science - Commercial Information Technology CLOUD: DDoS, BLOCKCHAIN, REGULATION AND COMPLAINCE Recently uploaded Catalog Numberv416755 SubjectComputer Science - Commercial Information Technology
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