{
  "id": 13139791,
  "title": "Gigantisches Datenleck: Facebook-Mutter Meta muss je 100 Euro an zwei Nutzer zahlen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/gigantisches-datenleck-facebook-mutter-meta-muss-je-100-euro-an-zwei",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T14:19:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/gigantisches-datenleck-facebook-mutter-meta-muss-je-100-euro-an-zwei-nutzer-zahlen/100261105.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The Munich Higher Regional Court condemned the US corporation Meta for a massive data breach in 2019 and ordered it to pay €100 each to two Bavarian Facebook users. The company is also allegedly responsible for any future material damages that may befall the two plaintiffs. A spokesman for the court announced the decision following the release of rulings in two civil proceedings. The European Court of Justice denied Meta's appeal against a lower court's ruling. The three cases have a lengthy history: Between January 2018 and September 2019, unknown attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook and copied personal data of more than half a billion users worldwide. The data was published on the internet in 2021. According to the court, the cases concerned first names, family names, phone numbers, gender, and Facebook user IDs. Germany's Federal Office for Justice estimates that around six million people were affected by the breach. The lawsuits targeted the European Meta society in Ireland. A collective action before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court demanded €100 per case for the corporation. While this sum may seem small, the Facebook data leak could become much more expensive for Meta in the future. The Hamburg Higher Regional Court rejected a collective lawsuit brought by the German Association of Consumer Centres. Meta challenges this lawsuit as inadmissible, with the European Court of Justice currently reviewing the matter. The company has also been battling numerous compensation claims in the United States for years. In August, Meta agreed to pay around $17 billion in a case about social media addiction in children in the United States. The company had denied the allegations but accepted the fines and additional conditions.",
  "summary": "Der Facebook-Mutterkonzern Meta ist mit einer Vielzahl von Klagen konfrontiert. Drei Fälle hat das OLG München entschieden - finanziell Bagatellen, doch für den Konzern unerfreulich.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}