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More than 500,000 Indian users affected by Facebook data breach

By Katelyn Caralle
Published April 5, 2018 12:46pm ET
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More than 500,000 Indian users affected by Facebook data breach
FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday, March 5, 2014, to delete posts from users selling illegal guns or offering weapons for sale without background checks. | (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Facebook)

Facebook confirmed Thursday that 562,455 users in India may have had their personal data accessed after using the Cambridge Analytica app This is Your Digital Life.

Up to 335 Indian users downloaded the app, which could have exposed all the data of those users’ friends, Quartz reported.

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