A former Meta employee is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police for allegedly downloading approximately 30,000 private Facebook photos. The engineer is believed to have created a program to bypass security measures.

• A man in his 30s was arrested in November 2025 on suspicion of unauthorized computer access.
• The ex-Meta engineer, residing in London, reportedly developed a tool to access personal images.
• Meta discovered the breach over a year ago, fired the employee, and notified affected users while upgrading security.