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On Monday, Facebook's Carolyn Everson addressed the company's widespread cyber attack late last week that impacted nearly 50 million users.
Everson said that she spent the weekend contacting advertisers and answering their questions. Importantly, she pointed out that reactions to the attack were far different from advertisers' concerns about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which could have been prevented.
"There's empathy around the fact that we're all dealing with this incredible threat, and that at any given moment there can be a cyber attack on anyone," she told a room of advertisers. "And certainly, we're not the only company to have had a situation like this."
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Also during Everson's talk, she took a jab at WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton. Acton has publicly discussed how he and Koum disagreed with Facebook's plans to monetize their app after it was acquired.
"Brian and Jan sold the company for a lot of money, $19 billion," Everson said. "They both did very well. I would love to hear them talk more about their philanthropy."
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