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Whistleblower: Facebook Data Misuse May Hit Over 87M Users

Whistleblower: Facebook Data Misuse May Hit Over 87M Users

Christopher Wylie, a former director of research at Cambridge Analytica. (Photo by Dominic Dudley / Pacific Press/Sipa USA)

By    |   Saturday, 07 April 2018 10:51 PM EDT

The former Cambridge Analytica staffer who disclosed the company's misuse of Facebook data said more than the reported 87 million profiles were likely accessed.

"I think that it could be higher," Cambridge Analytica co-founder Christopher Wylie told "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd when asked if the number could be more than 87 million. "Absolutely."

Wylie was interviewed for an interview to air Sunday on NBC News.

"In terms of how many people had access to the Facebook data or derivatives of that data, I couldn’t tell you because it was a lot of people," he said.

Facebook said Wednesday that the personal data of as many as 87 million users might have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous estimate of more than 50 million.

Most of the 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica were in the United States, Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer said in a blog post.

Cambridge Analytica worked on Republican Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, though the White House has discounted the effort.

The company has also said that none of the information was used in its work for the election.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to spend two days on Capitol Hill testifying before Congress next week.

Wylie told Todd that the data "could be stored in various parts of the world, including Russia.

"It’s not water-tight to say that we can ensure that all the data is gone forever," he added.

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The former Cambridge Analytica staffer who disclosed the company's misuse of Facebook data said more than the reported 87 million profiles were likely accessed."I think that it could be higher," Cambridge Analytica co-founder Christopher Wylie told "Meet the Press" host...
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