Meta, formerly known as Facebook, said on Monday it had launched legal action against those behind a phishing scheme aimed at stealing user names and words from happening on its platforms.
Meta filed a federal lawsuit in a California court seeking to put an end to phishing scams (or phishing) which tricks users into sharing their login credentials with fake websites for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. Recently, it’s the “is that you on this video?” Which made a lot of talk about her on social networks.
Meta said the volume of these phishing attacks has increased since March 2021 and has since suspended thousands of URLs to phishing sites. The phishing system would have involved the creation of more than 39,000 websites impersonating the login pages of all the social networks of the American company. These sites then persuade victims to enter their sensitive information, such as their passwords and email addresses, but of course these are not the official company websites.
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Meta takes action to limit phishing on its platforms
Jessica Romero, Meta Platform and Litigation Director, said, “ reports of phishing attacks have been on the rise across the industry, and we are taking this action to uncover the identity of the people behind the attack and stop their harmful behavior “. However, the culprits would not be so easy to find.
Indeed, ” In these attacks, hackers used a relay service to redirect Internet traffic to phishing sites in a way that obscured their attack infrastructure. This allowed them to conceal the true location of phishing sites, as well as the identities of their web hosts and hackers. Jessica Romero added.
In addition to phising, Meta also actively fights against espionage. Recently, the company suspended 1,500 Facebook accounts operated by an “unknown entity” which were intended to spy on journalists, political opponents or even doctors. in over 100 countries.
Source: Meta