Cambridge Analytica: 'Hundreds of companies have harvested data from Facebook'

Mark Zuckerberg leaves a meeting with Senator Dianne Feinstein in Washington DC on Monday  
Mark Zuckerberg leaves a meeting with Senator Dianne Feinstein in Washington DC on Monday   Credit: Bloomberg

Cambridge Analytica, the company at the centre of the Facebook data scandal, has alleged "hundreds" of companies are harvesting personal information from social network users, a claim that could spell trouble for Mark Zuckerberg as he faces Congress on Tuesday. 

The political research company, which was employed by the Trump campaign in the run-up to the US presidential election, on Monday night released a statement in an attempt to quell the media storm that has been brewing since it used data from a fake quiz app that siphoned personal information from millions of Facebook users.

Acting chief executive Alexander Tayler said: "Cambridge Analytica did not 'hack' Facebook. A research company (GSR)...

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