Indiaasks Facebook for update on hacking impact

The Infornation and TechnologyMinistry 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 onthe social media portalwere 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 onthe number of Indian users impacted by the recent attack.

They added that Facebook officials have said theywere analysing the issue and will revert in two days.

When contacted, Facebook declined to comment on the query.

Last week, Facebook had said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system, impacting up to 50 million accounts. The US-based firm did not disclose country-specific impact.

Facebook, which has over 200 million users in India, counts the country among its largest userbases globally.

Mark Zuckerberg, in a press call, had said the company's engineering team, on September 25, found an attack affecting up