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Facebook confirms 50m accounts were hacked
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September 29, 2018
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2:24Now PlayingIt's a small fraction of Facebook's global customers - but still close to the population of England.
The accounts of nearly 50 million people were compromised, the firm has admitted today - after hackers stole digital 'tokens' which allowed them to take over accounts.
Sky's technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe reports.
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