Cambridge Analytica: 87m hit by Facebook data leak

Facebook admits almost twice as many people as first thought - including 1m in the UK - were caught up in scandal

Facebook admits data leak larger than previously disclosed
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Facebook has revealed that Cambridge Analytica may have improperly accessed the data of up to 87 million people – 37 million more than previously reported.

The social network’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer made the admission at the end of a “lengthy – and somewhat unrelated – blog post” on Wednesday, Wired reports.

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