Security News
A group of hackers called OurMine hijacked some of Facebook's official Twitter and Instagram accounts over the weekend through a third-party social media management service. The hackers briefly hijacked the Twitter accounts of Facebook and its Messenger application, and the Instagram accounts of Facebook and Facebook Messenger.
According to The New York Times, the latest victim was Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, whose houses in New York and San Francisco were surrounded in early November by heavily armed SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there. After what is described as "Tense, hours-long standoffs" the police realised there were no hostages and so the incident wad filed along with the lengthening list of SWATting hoaxes the media has reported on.
Facebook and Instagram have just banned the service from their platform. According to the BBC, Facebook is so hostile to the Spinner that it's even sent the company a formal cease and desist.
Instagram's expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won't keep political speech away from "public debate and scrutiny."
He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo's vault, then posed with cash and "his" Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap.
Feds are not amused A Wells Fargo employee is accused of stealing money from a bank vault – and posting pictures of the alleged purloined loot on Instagram and Facebook.…
It's about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn't hurt, either.
It was sucking up private profiles by requiring users to hand over their logins, giving it access to whatever accounts they follow.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an in-depth analysis of whether Instagram is doing enough to protect the contact information of minors. Plus: Compliance updates on GDPR and PCI DSS.
Apple has yanked an app from its iTunes App Store that allowed Instagram users to follow their friends’ activities on the social network.