Facebook Gave A Way To Check If Your Data Was Stolen

Author - Oct 15, 2018


Facebook Gave A Way To Check If Your Data Was Stolen

After the security scandal, Facebook revealed the actual number of affected accounts and a way to check on your data safety.

In its latest and largest security incidents, Facebook unveiled a massive attack which caused 50 million user accounts to be stolen.

Now, Facebook is stating that in fact, nearly 29 million is the real number of jeopardized accounts and the number reported before was only in the worst scenario.

Furthermore, the giant is publicizing to its users how serious the attack was if they were among 29 million people hacked.

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A lot of sensitive information was stolen, including device information, relationship status, phone numbers, gender, location, etc.

Facebook has provided its users with a way to find out if their data was stolen. You just need to log in your Facebook account, visit Help Center page and it will tell you if your data was stolen or not. In addition, it will illustrate specifically which data was hacked.

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