German court says victims of massive Facebook data breach can be compensated

A German Federal Court of Justice ruled that thousands of users affected by a 2021 Facebook data leak—where roughly 533 million accounts had personal data scraped via a phone-number-based vulnerability—are eligible to claim about €100 each for GDPR non-material damage even absent proven misuse. The report notes Meta disputes the characterization of a breach, references a prior €265M fine by Irish authorities, and warns German claimants the deadline to sue is year-end.