Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed in Russia

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The data Cambridge Analytica harvested from Facebook was accessed in Russia, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office has confirmed.

British lawmaker Damian Collins told CNN that investigators now need to establish who accessed the Facebook profiles, how they used them, and whether it played a role in the US election.

Aleksandr Kogan, who built the app that Cambridge Analytica used to harvest the data, told CNN that he was not aware of anyone accessing his record of the data.

He added that the fact data had been accessed from Russia might be entirely innocuous.

There is evidence that the millions of Facebook profiles harvested by Aleksandr Kogan for Cambridge Analytica were accessed in Russia, a British politician has told CNN.

Damian Collins, the Conservative MP leading the parliamentary inquiry into the data breach and fake news, said the Russia connection had been uncovered by the UK's data watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office ICO . The ICO later confirmed this.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: A diehard Mac user switches to PCSee Also:Facebook is overflowing with groups offering pirated films and says it won't do anything about itFacebook won't ban Infowars in its fake-news purge a site that says 9 11 was staged and the moon landing was fakeFacebook hinted it will kick up a fuss about paying its first fine for the Cambridge Analytica scandalSEE ALSO: Cambridge Analytica tried to sell itself to 18,000 buyers but received just 4 paltry offers

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