Tag: Meta

Model Brooke Millard says she paid a broker $7,000 to regain access to her own Instagram account after she was locked out, amid reports that some Meta insiders have sold their access to account recovery tools to those willing to pay

Meta workers hijacked user accounts in exchange for bribes, report says

Jessica Tate

[ad_1] Meta has fired dozens of contractors and employees in the past year for using internal tools to compromise or take over Facebook and Instagram accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes, according to a new report. Workers at the social media giant, including contractors working as security guards, have been accused of abusing their […]

Oops, WhatsApp did it again

Jessica Tate

[ad_1] In fact, earlier this week, the Competition Commission of India fined Google Rs 9 bn ($113 mn) for anti-competitive practices, in the second such penalty that has been slapped on the company in less than a span of a week. The regulator had accused the enterprise of taking advantage of its dominance on the […]