Facebook has issued an apology for allowing the personal data of around six million users to be exposed.
The social network acted quickly to rectify a bug that was sharing email addresses, phone numbers and other details of its account holders, but admits it is "upset and embarrassed" by the incident.
"At Facebook, we take people's privacy seriously, and we strive to protect people's information to the very best of our ability," said Facebook in a statement.
"Even with a strong team, no company can ensure 100% prevention of bugs, and in rare cases we don't discover a problem until it has already affected a person's account.
"It's still something we're upset and embarrassed by."
The firm assured users whose data was breached that it was only shared with a small amount of people they know, and insisted that there is no evidence of it being used maliciously.
Facebook is adamant that the glitch will not be reoccurring.
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