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A cybercriminal stole 1 million Facebook account credentials over 4 months.
As phishing attacks continue to be a go-to for threat actors, one scam found that a user had stolen a million Facebook account credentials over a span of just four months.
Anti-phishing company PIXM found that a fake login portal for Facebook was being used as a stand-in for the social network site's landing page, and that users were entering their account information in an attempt to log in to the site only to have their information stolen.
The links were later found to be originating from Facebook itself, as threat actors would gain access to a victim's account, then send harmful links en masse to the victim's friend group to cultivate more account credentials.
One method for avoiding having your account compromised is by using MFA, which would require a code or string of numbers to be entered before someone could access your particular account.
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