https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411151-facebook-says-hack-affected-30-million-users
BY HARPER NEIDIG
The Hill
10/12/18
Facebook on Friday revealed that hackers had stolen extensive information
from 14 million users in the hack it announced last month.
The company said an estimated 30 million people were affected by the hack,
downgrading its initial estimate that information on 50 million users had
been compromised.
But while the pool of users affected by the breach has shrunk, Facebook
revealed that the hackers still managed to access an alarming amount of
personal information for millions of users.
The company said that of those 30 million, hackers accessed information on
14 million that included the most recent places they had checked in, their
15 most recent searches, the devices they used to access Facebook,
birthdate, relationship status, religion and other information listed on
their profiles.
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