Facebook and Instagram are still unable to combat even relatively simple phishing scams. NOS monitored a Nigerian gang of internet scammers who managed to steal log-in details from at least 3,200 victims, including 1,000 Dutch in half a year. The scams weren’t complicated at all - the gang used nothing more than a smartphone and didn’t even use a VPN to hide their location, the broadcaster reports.
The false alarm passwords for thousands of Dutch alarm systems were easily findable online due to a leak in Carrier Global software, which is used by the SMC alarm center, among others, in the Netherlands. SMC and Carrier Global have known about the issue for a year, whistleblower Joris Talma told BNR.