Facebook data breach likely hit fewer Filipinos

The number of Filipinos affected by a massive Facebook data breach could be lower than the initially estimated 1.175 million, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Friday.

NPC chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro told reporters that the social media giant had responded to requests for additional information given initial reports that the Philippines was the second most affected in terms of the number of people whose data was “improperly shared”,