Facebook Messenger users hit by scammers in over 80 countries: Report ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 18:56 IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company have detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world.
Group-IB Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the MEA region, North and South America might have been affected, the company said in a release. By distributing ads promoting an allegedly updated version of Facebook Messenger, cybercriminals harvested users login credentials, the company said.
The cyber intelligence company has discovered about 1,000 fake Facebook accounts distributing links to an allegedly updated version of Facebook Messenger. Users who followed the link would then be redirected to a fake Facebook Messenger website with a login