The leak occurred because the sensitive personal data was stored in private GitHub repositories in violation of the company's own internal security policies. Meta has since disabled the unauthorized access, involved law enforcement, and is providing affected individuals with credit and dark web monitoring services.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Hackers Steal Meta Source Code and Personal Data of 1,500 People
Cybersecurity7 days ago
Attackers compromised corporate software repositories by exploiting stolen credentials to obtain internal files. Meta reported that the breach exposed the private information and software code of approximately 1,500 individuals, the majority of whom are US-based employees. The company stated that business data, primarily source code, made up 99% of the exfiltrated material, while personal identifiers accounted for the remaining 1%.
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