Shocked by latest Facebook breach? It is not as bad as Cambridge Analytica

The March scandal was a result of policy or procedure, this time, there's an actual weakness in engineering

Another day, another Facebook scandal. The latest is an attack on about 50 million user accounts that gave hackers full access, potentially allowing them to read private messages and make posts.

Just like with the company's Cambridge Analytica scandal in March, politicians and regulators have been making statements about wanting to get to the bottom of what happened, and hold Facebook accountable for its missteps.

But Friday’s breach differs in a few key ways. First of all, it's actually a hack. The March scandal was a result of policy or procedure: An researcher had gathered information on Facebook's users and their friends