FBI Beware of Facebook Cyber Attack
>> Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Various kinds of cyber attacks are now more often carried out via Facebook.Sampai-up, leading investigative agency of the United States, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) to feel anxious and issued a special warning.
They warned that growing number of accounts hijacked and later misused. For example, the perpetrators demanded money from the victim with Facebook friends
trap the victim suffered natural disasters or theft.
Institutions Internet Crime Complaint Center, which shelter under detects the FBI has been the 3200 types of attacks. Some people have lost thousands of dollars due to be fooled. They want to help a friend but instead give money to the criminals.
Quoted from Vnunet, Sunday (4/10/2009), the Facebook is not unaware of this terrible phenomenon. They try to anticipate it by strengthening
technical problems and work with third parties in order to minimize the attack.
"On the technical side, we improve the automated systems for controlling fraud. Our security team is also working with law enforcement and other providers of e-mails to identify and arrest the perpetrators," he wrote in his blog Facebook.
The FBI added, malware makers also mengeskploitasi account has been hijacked to reap the data, spreading malware and trick users into sites
evil to infect the victim's computer.
In addition, no rare or spam junk messages disseminated to promote phishing sites. Several messages appear even sent by a friend so
unsuspecting users and access, but it may harm your computer. The FBI also recommends users immediately reported the case of piracy.
They warned that growing number of accounts hijacked and later misused. For example, the perpetrators demanded money from the victim with Facebook friends
trap the victim suffered natural disasters or theft.
Institutions Internet Crime Complaint Center, which shelter under detects the FBI has been the 3200 types of attacks. Some people have lost thousands of dollars due to be fooled. They want to help a friend but instead give money to the criminals.
Quoted from Vnunet, Sunday (4/10/2009), the Facebook is not unaware of this terrible phenomenon. They try to anticipate it by strengthening
technical problems and work with third parties in order to minimize the attack.
"On the technical side, we improve the automated systems for controlling fraud. Our security team is also working with law enforcement and other providers of e-mails to identify and arrest the perpetrators," he wrote in his blog Facebook.
The FBI added, malware makers also mengeskploitasi account has been hijacked to reap the data, spreading malware and trick users into sites
evil to infect the victim's computer.
In addition, no rare or spam junk messages disseminated to promote phishing sites. Several messages appear even sent by a friend so
unsuspecting users and access, but it may harm your computer. The FBI also recommends users immediately reported the case of piracy.
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