A European Union sanctions plan to punish computer hackers is not directed at Russia or any one single country, Lithuania's foreign minister said on Monday, as Italy came under pressure from a group of EU members states to back the proposal.

Facebook said fewer users than it initially thought were impacted by hackers in the largest-ever security breach at the social-media giant two weeks ago—and the company detailed for the first time the depth of personal information that was accessed.

That's not as many people as the social network originally thought were affected by the breach.

Cryptojacking, which uses unsecured computer systems to mine cryptocurrency, has rapidly emerged as a popular tool with hackers looking to

Keep your friends close and your breach victims closer.

The social media giant announced new details about the latest security breach on Friday to say the attackers accessed the accounts of nearly 30 million people and stole name and contact details for 29 million users, according to CNBC. Facebook revealed last month the hackers stole the digital login codes which would have allowed them to take information from nearly 50 million user accounts, making it the worst security breach ever, but the company did not confirm if the information had actually been stolen. The company's blog post on Friday said the attackers accessed two sets of information for 15 million people, which included their name, contact details, phone number, email, and more...

Social media giant Facebook have said hackers accessed data from almost 30 million accounts.

Facebook Inc said on Friday attackers stole names and contact details of 29 million users in the mass security breach disclosed by the social media network late last month.

The exposed data included relationship status, birth date, hometown, education and the 15 most recent searches, Facebook said.

Facebook  hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago, fewer than the 50 million it initially believed were affected.
The hackers accessed name, email addresses or phone numbers from these accounts, according to Facebook. For 14 million...