The number of Facebook hackers hit more than the initial estimates

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Facebook reported that Cambridge Analytics political consultancy may have illegally accessed personal information of as many as 87 million social network users, in excess of previous estimates of more than 50 million news media.

Police chief technology officer Mike Schrofer said in a report that most of the 87 million people who arrived at Cambridge in the United States were in the United States. The company worked with US President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.

Facebook said it was taking measures to restrict the access of personal data to a third party.

The world's largest social networking company is under intense criticism from investors and faces the wrath of users, advertisers and MPs after a series of scandals over false news topics, interference in elections and privacy.

Facebook admitted last month that personal information belonging to millions of users had arrived illegally at Cambridge Analytics.

Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee said today that Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on the issue next week.

Facebook shares fell 1.4 percent today to $ 153.90. It has fallen more than 16 percent since the outbreak of the Cambridge Analytic scandal.

The New York Times and the British Observer were the first to report earlier estimates that more than 50 million Facebook users were leaked on the basis of their investigations into Cambridge ANALYTICA activities.

Schroeder did not say how Facebook would determine its highest estimate, but said Facebook would tell users whether Cambridge Analytics had access to their information without legal backing.

There was no comment from a British company representative who denied any wrongdoing. She says she and a university professor have "faithfully" collected Facebook data in a manner similar to that of third-party application developers who gathered personal user information.

The scandal prompted the Office of the British Information Commissioner, the US Federal Trade Commission and a prosecutor of 37 US states to open investigations.

A Nigerian presidential spokesman said on Monday that the government would open an investigation into allegations of interference by Cambridge ANALETICA in the country's 2007 and 2015 elections.

Earlier in the day, Facebook decided to review the written policies that people agree to when using the social network, adding words on the protection of personal data as it seeks to comply with a new tough law issued in Europe.

* Middle East Online

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