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Meta provided insight this week into the company’s efforts in taking down more than 2 million accounts that were connected to pig butchering scams on their owned platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Pig butchering scams are big business, with hundreds of Read More …
Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday. Judge Read More …
Two Harvard students have created a privacy nightmare, according to 404 Media. Real-time facial recognition smart glasses, which pull up names, contacts, addresses, and more about a complete stranger just by looking at them. The students – AnhPhu Nguyen and Read More …
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches. The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures Read More …
Social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) are rushing to delete the pages associated with Ryan Wesley Routh from their platforms. While X has removed Routh’s profile from its platform, Facebook has removed all the Read More …
Elon Musk’s X (Formerly Twitter) has been accused by the European Union (EU) of multiple violations of the Digital Services Act, which can potentially lead to hefty fines for the social media platform. One key violation includes allowing people to Read More …
Experian, the $40 billion credit monitoring company, has asked a U.S. judge to force WhatsApp to provide users’ call and message records to aid it in fighting separate lawsuits, according to court records obtained by Forbes. In February, Experian sent Read More …
A cybercriminal was allegedly able to steal a partial database after hacking the systems of a Meta contractor. The leak consists of around 200,000 records that contain names, phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook IDs, and Facebook profile information of the Read More …
Ducktail is a malware family that has been active since the second half of 2021 and aims to steal Facebook business accounts. Kaspersky Daily Iran, WithSecure, and GridinSoft have all covered Ducktail attacks: the infostealer spread under the guise of documents Read More …
A trio, consisting of an insurance broker, a programmer, and a Facebook page administrator, has been apprehended for their alleged involvement in a significant data breach operation. They stand accused of compromising and subsequently selling the personal data of over Read More …