Revealed! This Is How Much Facebook Might Be Owing You For Security Breach

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If you are a Facebook user and your account was hacked, then you could be owed as much as £6,000 ($7,800) in compensation as a result of the security breach revealed last week.Legal experts have said that damages could run into the “thousands” for anyone affected by the hack – if you can prove you felt distressed. Last Friday, Facebook revealed that hackers gained access to 50million accounts.Mark ZuckerbergThe breach – described as a security “disaster” by experts – was possible thanks to several bugs in Facebook’s systems, which were exploited by hackers. It meant that attackers were able to log in as absolutely anyone – and access their profiles, photos, friend lists, and even private messages. Facebook logged 90million users out as a safety precaution, but the bugs had been live in the website’s code since June 2017.Photo Credit: Getty

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