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Security Firm Finds Millions of Facebook Data Files Were Stored on Amazon's Public Cloud Servers

UpGuard's report points to third parties

According to UpGuard, the files were stored in a way that allowed for them to be publicly downloaded.Getty Images
By Marty Swant

April 3, 2019

A cybersecurity firm says it has found millions of Facebook user files stored on a public Amazon cloud server.

Marty Swant

Marty Swant is a former technology staff writer for Adweek.

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