It is a sad fact that Facebook has been hacked. It was reported that 50 million profiles were affected by the hack. Hackers stole the personal information of people who had their accounts compromised.

Their aim was to steal the names and email addresses of the users. There were also photos from the stolen pictures uploaded onto Facebook and people's messages were sent out via email. According to Facebook, the attack took place between September 25 and October 2. Facebook claimed that the attacker's activity began on September 25, which is around the same time that Cambridge Analytica was announced. Cambridge Analytica has recently come under fire for harvesting data from Facebook users.

This hack happened while Mark Zuckerberg is away on a trip. He left his facebook hack position of responsibility and his deputy, Sheryl Sandberg, took control of the company. This is why there has been a lot of uncertainty around the company and its future.

It appears that hackers were able to steal the details from around 50 million users. They hacked into an app called Parse, which is one of Facebook's main development tools. After they took control of the app, they were able to gain access to personal information from around 600,000 users. This app was used to help developers integrate Facebook features into their own apps.