How to know for sure if you are a victim of Facebook's huge data breach

Facebook now admits that hackers participated in the security breach revealed two weeks ago, which had stolen many sensitive information from millions of users.

The news: Facebook said in a blog that 30 million users, instead of 50 million, would be affected by a recent violation allowing hackers to steal personal data. However, 14 million of them had details such as their religion, place of birth and workplace exposed. The remaining 16 million have not suffered any loss of data or only their email and / or other contact details have been stolen. Previously, Facebook had stated that it did not know what information, if any, was compromised.

Are you a victim? Check the Facebook Help Center to see if your data has been disclosed. The company also plans to contact anyone who may have lost data and give advice on how to handle issues such as suspicious emails. It's commendable, but it's too bad that Facebook's security is not tight enough in the first place to prevent hackers from compromising digital keys that keep users connected without having to log in every time.

Whodunnit? The social network says the FBI has asked him not to specify who could be responsible for the attack while the federal government was investigating.

No more leaks? Facebook claims that its other apps and services, including Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, have not been affected by hacking. This is a consolation, but it does highlight the risk of running multiple services sharing user data with each other. (This growing integration was one of the reasons why the founders of Instagram and WhatsApp left Facebook this year.) This will undoubtedly add to the questions of lawmakers and regulators on both sides of the world. Atlantic on the point of whether a company should be allowed to control so many services.