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Apple and Meta shared data with child hackers pretending to be law enforcement.
It was revealed on March 30 that both Apple and Facebook parent company, Meta, were duped by child hackers impersonating law enforcement officers last year, according to a report from Bloomberg.
According to Bloomberg's report, the requests for emergency data began as early as January of 2021, and the fake legal requests were believed to be legitimate after having been signed by made-up law enforcement officials.
"When we hear of big organizations such as Apple & Meta succumbing to fake emergency requests, leading to a data breach of highly sensitive information, we have to wonder how the message about rigorous data security gets missed or overlooked by those who gather, process, and store our data," said Erfan Shadabi, cybersecurity expert with data security specialists comforte AG. "But any organization, big or small, and no matter the industry they operate in, can become the next victim of a cyber attack. The harsh truth is this: threat actors will find a way to your organization's data given enough time and incentive, no matter how fortified your digital environment is."
"We review every data request for legal sufficiency and use advanced systems and processes to validate law enforcement requests and detect abuse," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement.
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