More than 50 million. The profiles Facebook hacked by Cambridge Analytica, the political marketing company that stole personal data to use them in propaganda campaigns, are almost double what initially emerged: a good 87 million. The confirmation comes directly from Mark Zuckerberg's social network.
“In total – they write from Facebook – we believe that the information of a maximum of 87 million people, mostly in the United States, may have been inappropriately shared with Cambridge Analytica."
Of these, 214.134 were profiles of Italian users (the data also comes from Facebook, which also provided details relating to individual countries), involved in the scandal due to thedomino effect triggered by only 57 users of our country who downloaded and installed the famous app designed by professor Kogan and then ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica. From friend to friend, the gaze of British society has broadened its horizon with an exponential progression.
Not only that: Facebook has also admitted that the data of most of its two billion users may have suffered improper access due to the possibility of searching by phone number or e-mail address.
For this the company announced an update on the processing of personal data which will also concern the subsidiaries Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus viewers. The same policy will apply throughout the army.
"Clearly we haven't done enough about fake news, about foreign interference in elections: it was a big mistake, it was my mistake," he said. Zuckerberg in a conference call with journalists, reiterating however that the road to reaching the right levels of security will still be long.
The CEO, who has confirmed that he wants testify before the United States Congress on April 11, he also said he was unaware of anyone wanting to distrust him and when asked if he still thinks he's still the right person to lead Facebook he answered without hesitation: "Yes".
Meanwhile, however, over time the scandal continues to widen, the Facebook stock remains under pressure on the Nasdaq and - despite the statements of the person concerned - a major investor in the company has asked for Zuckerberg's head. It's about Scott Stringer, New York City Budget Officer and fund manager with at least $XNUMX billion worth of shares in Facebook.
