Facebook Says 6 Million Users' Contact Information Was Inadvertently Shared With Other Users

Facebook today reported its most significant exposure of user data to date, saying that partial or complete contact information belonging to 6 million users was inadvertently downloaded by other Facebook users who had some connection to them.

Facebook today reported its most significant exposure of user data to date, saying that partial or complete contact information belonging to 6 million users was inadvertently downloaded by other Facebook users who had some connection to them.

“Although the practical impact of this bug is likely to be minimal since … it’s still something we’re upset and embarrassed by, and we’ll work doubly hard to make sure nothing like this happens again,” the company said in statement released Friday afternoon to its security page.

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