The Information and Technology Ministry has asked Facebook to provide an ‘update’ on the impact on Indian users on account of the recent hacking incident where about 50 million accounts on the social media portal were affected, sources said.
According to senior IT officials, who did not wish to be named, Facebook has Monday been verbally asked to update the government on the number of Indian users impacted by the recent attack. They added that Facebook officials have said they were analysing the issue and will revert in two days.
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