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Facebook security breach affects tens of millions of accounts

Hackers exploited a security weakness on Facebook, compromising 50 million accounts. The tech giant says its engineering team discovered the security flaw three days ago. In addition to the 50 million accounts targeted, Facebook says it's taken the precautionary step of resetting another 40 million accounts that could have been affected. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN with more.
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