Meta

Facebook disclosed that 87 million users far more than the 50 million people who first believed have been impacted by the Cambridge Analytica issue.

Mike Schroepfer, the chief technology officer of Facebook, offered further information about the matter, including updated estimates of the total number of users impacted.

Additionally, the CTO described how Facebook gives its users new privacy tools.

Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook removed several Russian accounts that were propagandised.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/71064/social-networks/cambridge-analytica-scandal.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/meta

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"linkid": "meta",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

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                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'Global',
                        'name': 'Facebook',
                        'size': 'Large',
                        'type': 'Social Media Platform'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Third-Party App',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '87 million',
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 'description': 'Facebook disclosed that 87 million users, far more than the '
                '50 million people who were first believed to have been '
                'impacted, were affected by the Cambridge Analytica issue. '
                'Mike Schroepfer, the chief technology officer of Facebook, '
                'offered further information about the matter, including '
                'updated estimates of the total number of users impacted. '
                'Additionally, the CTO described how Facebook gives its users '
                'new privacy tools. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, '
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 'threat_actor': 'Cambridge Analytica',
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