Facebook data leak exposed up to 60‚000 in SA
Nearly 60‚000 Facebook users in SA may be victims of the social
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network’s data breach.
A Facebook spokesman said 33 users in SA had installed an app used to
share data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica‚ the firm often
credited with US President Donald Trump’s election victory.
In SA 59‚777 Facebook users were "potentially impacted" through their
friendships with people who had installed the personality quiz app‚ the
spokesman said.
Facebook said the personal information of 87-million of its 2.2-billion
users‚ most of them in the US‚ may have been wrongfully shared with
Cambridge Analytica.
The app‚ created by a Cambridge University researcher in 2013‚ was
installed by about 300‚000 people who shared their data as well as some
of their friends’ data.