Bug Causes Some Facebook Advertisers To Receive Other Advertisers’ Receipts
Facebook responded via email to advertisers who were victimized by a bug Tuesday night, which resulted in several of them receiving receipts that detailed other advertisers’ campaigns and spending.
Facebook responded via email to advertisers who were victimized by a bug Tuesday night, which resulted in several of them receiving receipts that detailed other advertisers’ campaigns and spending.
TechCrunch reported on the bug Tuesday, saying that the social network claimed that the bug was fixed in about two hours, and no advertisers were billed for the ads of other advertisers.
TechCrunch also noted that advertisers who received the erroneous receipts were not able to click through the links in Ads Manager.
According to TechCrunch, affected advertisers received the following email from Facebook:
You may have received email receipts for advertising charges unrelated to your account.
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