The screenshots supposedly taken from a popular dark web forum show a post on the forum that says a database holding more than 1. Another popular post on social media was another screenshot, this time showing that the domain for Facebook is apparently on sale.
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in parts of the world late Monday. The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around a. More from Quartz About Quartz. Follow Quartz. These are some of our most ambitious editorial projects. From our Obsession. By Dan Frommer. While technically, no accounts have been compromised, this is little solace to those whose data may now end up in the hands of unscrupulous internet marketers and likely also in the hands of cybercriminals.
Unethical marketers may utilize this data to bombard specific individuals or groups of individuals with unsolicited advertising. In addition, SMS and Push notification spam are becoming increasingly more prevalent even though most countries made these practices illegal many years ago.
For example, hackers can use the scraped data to conduct sophisticated phishing attacks or social engineering attacks. Users will then be invited to click on a link to either claim a prize, update their security settings, change their passwords, or do something similar. After accessing the link, they will be redirected to a cloned version of the website the perpetrators pretend to represent. Then, if the user enters their actual current password, the cybercriminals will be able to hijack the affected account.
Similarly, one should never enter random quizzes, surveys, or games on Facebook unless offered by a known and verified publisher. If you want to share your story, publish a press release or just want to ask something, contact Vietnam Insider via editor vietnaminsider. Follow us on Facebook Twitter. November 11, Oct 4 by Victor Tangermann.
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