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Here's how to see if your personal data was stolen in the recent Facebook hack
Was my Facebook hacked? Heres how to check if your data was stolen
Hackers stole personal data from 29 million Facebook users in a recent hack, including information like phone numbers, emails, gender, hometowns and even relationship data.
Was your data stolen? (Mine was.) Theres an easy way to check. Visit this Help Center page on Facebooks website and log in to your account. It will tell you whether or not your data was stolen, and which data in particular.
https://www.recode.net/2018/10/12/17968824/facebook-hack-personal-data-stolen-how-to-check-was-my-info-hacked
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Here's how to see if your personal data was stolen in the recent Facebook hack (Original Post)
douglas9
Oct 2018
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Squinch
(53,910 posts)1. And still people use Facebook and put money in the pocket of republican Zuckerberg.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,612 posts)2. + 1,000,000
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DinahMoeHum
(22,652 posts)3. Now you know why I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account.
I don't swim in dirty water.
Different Drummer
(8,989 posts)4. Thanks for the link! Fortunately, I wasn't hacked. n/t