(ANSA) – MILAN, DEC 22 – From 2019 to date Meta-Facebook has identified 40 thousand fake sites that reproduced the login pages to many of its platforms, including Facebook itself, Instagram and WhatsApp chats. The purpose was to steal the information and login credentials of surfers. The group, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has filed a lawsuit in the federal court of California to discover the identity of the cybercriminals who have set up the fake sites, with the intent of deceiving members.
Within two years, the portals identified by Meta were used as the destination of various phishing campaigns. In these, the criminals pushed the possible victims to click on the access menus to the services, mimicking the famous social networks, to obtain their data and use them for illegal activities. “Phishing attacks – reads the blog post in which Meta communicates the start of the legal dispute – attract victims to a website that appears to be managed by a trusted entity. The site, however, is fake and its content, similar to that of the portal it attempts to replicate, is aimed at persuading the victim to enter sensitive information, such as password or e-mail address “. The Verge analyzed the legal process, discovering that Meta also denounced copyright infringement, for the unauthorized use of the registered trademarks Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. “We will continue to work with hosting services and vendors to identify and stop phishing attacks in the bud. We proactively block and report cases to the hosting and security community, domain traders, privacy providers and ad others. Meta blocks and shares the addresses used for phishing so that they can also be blocked by other platforms “explained the giant. (HANDLE).
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