Hackers stole millions of Facebook users’ personal data

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, which revealed Friday that a hacking attack compromised the personal data of millions of its users. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

• Some 30 million Facebook users were victims of the hacking attack it revealed recently.
• That attack exposed the personal information of many users, including their names, phone numbers, birth dates, and more.
• That kind of information could be used for identity theft and to compromise users’ financial and other accounts, security and privacy experts say.
• The exposure of that data can also pose particular and obvious dangers to people who are trying to keep a low profile, such as victims of domestic violence.

Oh good.

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