Last week more than 500 million Facebook users’ personal data was stolen. and you’ve probably heard of this data being shared on a hacking forum. This incident caused the eyes to turn to Facebook once again and to question how much the social network cares about its users. Many users have tried to find out if their accounts are safe, but not much has come from Facebook.

The same Facebook has now announced that the company will not send any notifications to half a billion users affected by the leak. In a statement to Reuters, a Facebook spokesperson said the social media giant “ not sure he has full visibility into who the users who need to be informed “ said. In addition, the Facebook spokesperson stated that the data is now out and there is nothing users can do about it. Therefore, the company decided not to inform the users about this issue. Finally, Facebook confirmed that the loophole that allowed this data to be collected has been closed.

Facebook’s Director of Product Management on Tuesday Mike Clark wrote an article about this whole event. In this article, Clark tries to downplay this violation that the incident occurred in 2019 had emphasis.

Fortunately, you don’t need Facebook’s explanation to find out if your account has been hacked.