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  • Facebook privacy scandal widens as data leak hits 87 million users

    Facebook said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.

    Written by Reuters05 April 18 10:15
  • U.S. cyber secrets stolen by Russian hackers: report

    Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified U.S. cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

    Written by Reuters06 Oct. 17 09:19
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