NEW DELHI: Facebook said Wednesday it is in touch with the Indian Government “to share preliminary information” pertaining to a recent breach that had impacted 50 million accounts on the social networking platform.
The US-based firm, which earlier this week was asked by the IT Ministry to provide an update on the country-specific impact of the breach, said it is in the midst of working through the details of users affected in India.
“We are still working through the details of impacted users in India and will release more information once we have concluded our investigations,” a Facebook spokesperson said responding to an e-mail query.
The IT Ministry sources said the company has written to them on the issue but did not divulge details.
“We are in touch with Government of India, to share preliminary information about the security issue we announced on September 28. We have taken immediate action and informed all our users, advertisers and secured their accounts,” the Facebook spokesperson said.
Last week, Facebook had said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system, impacting up to 50 million accounts. The US-based firm did not break down the country-specific impact at that time. (AGENCIES)
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