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Facebook and Instagram outage logs out users, passwords not working

Facebook and Instagram users worldwide have been logged out of the sites and are having trouble logging in, receiving errors that their passwords are incorrect.
- Mayank Parmar
- March 05, 2024
- 11:18 AM
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Meta won't remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing

Meta seems to be falling short of effectively tackling fake Instagram profiles even when there are sufficient signs to indicate that a profile is misusing someone else's photos and identity.
- Ax Sharma
- January 20, 2024
- 07:19 AM
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New phishing attack steals your Instagram backup codes to bypass 2FA

A new phishing campaign pretending to be a 'copyright infringement' email attempts to steal the backup codes of Instagram users, allowing hackers to bypass the two-factor authentication configured on the account.
- Bill Toulas
- December 20, 2023
- 02:35 PM
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SIM swapper gets 8 years in prison for account hacks, crypto theft

Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Los Angeles District Court and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for crimes involving SIM swapping, merchant fraud, support fraud, account hacking, and cryptocurrency theft.
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2023
- 02:26 PM
- 0
Meta faces EU ban on Facebook, Instagram targeted advertising

The European Data Protection Board has extended the temporary ban on targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram, imposed by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) in July.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 01, 2023
- 07:45 PM
- 0
Facebook behavioral ads banned by Norwegian privacy watchdog

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the country's data privacy watchdog, has banned behavioral advertising on Meta's Facebook and Instagram social networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2023
- 08:12 AM
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Meta to fight €390 million fine for breaching EU data privacy laws

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million after finding that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to consent to personal data processing for targeted advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 04, 2023
- 10:57 AM
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Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube suspended in Turkey after blast

Following yesterday's deadly blast on İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkish authorities began restricting access to social media including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Telegram.
- Ax Sharma
- November 14, 2022
- 04:17 AM
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Influencer 'Hushpuppi' gets 11 years in prison for cyber fraud

An Instagram influencer known as 'Hushpuppi' has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for conspiring to launder tens of millions of USD from business email compromise (BEC) scams and various cyber schemes.
- Bill Toulas
- November 08, 2022
- 09:39 AM
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Instagram confirms outage following stream of user suspensions

Instagram users are currently experiencing issues signing into their accounts, some of them being notified their accounts have been suspended. At the same time, those who manage to log in see that their follower count has dropped.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 31, 2022
- 11:14 AM
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Meta dismantles massive Russian network spoofing Western news sites

Meta says it took down a large network of Facebook and Instagram accounts pushing disinformation published on more than 60 websites that spoofed multiple legitimate news sites across Europe.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 27, 2022
- 10:44 AM
- 4
Thousands lured with blue badges in Instagram phishing attack

A new Instagram phishing campaign is underway, attempting to scam users of the popular social media platform by luring them with a blue-badge offer.
- Bill Toulas
- September 01, 2022
- 09:00 AM
- 0
Instagram's dark side: sexual harassers, crypto scammers, ID thieves

A platform for everyone to seamlessly share their best moments online, Instagram is slowly turning into a mecca for the undesirables—from sexual harassers to crypto "investors" helping you "get rich fast." How do you keep yourself safe against such profiles?
- Ax Sharma
- April 14, 2022
- 09:04 AM
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New FFDroider malware steals Facebook, Instagram, Twitter accounts

A new information stealer named FFDroider has emerged, stealing credentials and cookies stored in browsers to hijack victims' social media accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- April 06, 2022
- 03:59 PM
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URL rendering trick enabled WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage phishing

A set of flaws affecting the world's leading messaging and email platforms, including Instagram, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger, has allowed threat actors to create legitimate-looking phishing URLs for the past three years.
- Bill Toulas
- March 25, 2022
- 11:51 AM
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Russia bans Instagram, a week after blocking Facebook, Twitter

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor announced that Instagram will also be banned in Russia one week after blocking the Facebook and Twitter social networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 11, 2022
- 01:53 PM
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Meta and Chime sue Nigerians behind Facebook, Instagram phishing

Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has filed a joint lawsuit with Chime, a financial technology and digital banking company, against two Nigerian individuals who allegedly used Instagram and Facebook accounts to impersonate Chime and target its users in phishing attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2022
- 10:10 AM
- 0
Meta sues people behind Facebook and Instagram phishing

Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has filed a federal lawsuit in California court to disrupt phishing attacks targeting Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 20, 2021
- 01:37 PM
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Hackers exploit Microsoft MSHTML bug to steal Google, Instagram creds

A newly discovered Iranian threat actor is stealing Google and Instagram credentials belonging to Farsi-speaking targets worldwide using a new PowerShell-based stealer dubbed PowerShortShell by security researchers at SafeBreach Labs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 24, 2021
- 01:42 PM
- 0
Google Chrome 96 breaks Twitter, Discord, video rendering and more

Google Chrome 96 was released yesterday, and users are reporting problems with Twitter, Discord, and Instagram caused by the new version.
- Mayank Parmar
- November 16, 2021
- 01:25 PM
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