Facebook is beating in the breast. The data leak was larger than expected

The leak of Facebook data was much larger than originally expected. The American giant reported that approximately 87 million users of the site received data from Cambridge Analytica. Earlier estimates accounted for 50 million users

Mike Schroepfer, technology director, said in an official blog entry that most of the 87 million people whose data leaked came from the United States. Facebook also informed about changes in privacy settings.

An affair with a data leak

On March 19, social giant shares were cheaper by up to 7 percent. after "The Observer" reported the leakage of data of several tens of millions of users to the analytical company Cambridge Analytica, employed by Donald Trump's staff during the presidential campaign in 2016. The problem is that, as the journalists of Channel 4 established, the company Microsoft Analytica (CA) advisory service offered potential clients the option of blackmailing political rivals and disseminating false information to damage their reputation.