Facebook confesses Cambridge Analytica breach could affect 87 million users

Apr04

by Sindy Cator on April 4, 2018 at 7:42 pm

Facebook today announced new security measures as part of its overall cleanup after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In doing so, the company admitted that as many as 87 million users’ data had been compromised in the breach. CTO Mike Schroepfer outlined the company’s intentions to protect users’ information by taking a “hard look” at app permissions. One such measure he mentions is informing users whose data may have been accessed by Cambridge Analytica. And then he drops the bomb: In total, we believe the Facebook information of up to 87 million people — mostly in the US — may have…