Alabama man pleads guilty to hacking, extorting hundreds of women
A 22-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to extortion, cyberstalking, and computer fraud charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women (including minors). Between April 2022 and May 2025, Jamarcus Mosley impersonated the targets’ friends and used other tactics to trick his victims into handing over account recovery codes and passwords. Mosley then […]
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos
A security researcher has published detailed evidence showing that some Instagram private profiles returned links to user photos to unauthenticated visitors. Instagram’s private account feature is designed to restrict photos, videos, stories, and reels to approved followers. However, the researcher’s findings show that, in certain cases, private profile content was embedded in publicly accessible server […]
Hacker admits to leaking stolen Supreme Court data on Instagram
A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system and breaching accounts at the AmeriCorps U.S. federal agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Federal prosecutors said that 24-year-old Nicholas Moore, of Springfield, Tennessee, had accessed the Supreme Court’s restricted electronic filing system at least 25 times between August and […]
Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak
Instagram says it fixed a bug that allowed threat actors to mass-request password reset emails, amid claims that data from more than 17 million Instagram accounts was scraped and leaked online. “We fixed an issue that allowed an external party to request password reset emails for some Instagram users,” a Meta spokesperson told GeekFeed. “We […]
Instagram ‘BMO’ ads use AI deepfakes to scam banking customers
Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ads use AI-powered deepfake videos in an attempt to collect your personal information, while others use official branding to drive traffic outside of the platform to lookalike illicit […]
Meta to resume AI training on content shared by Europeans
Meta announced today that it will soon start training its artificial intelligence models using content shared by European adult users on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. The content used for AI training includes posts and comments from adult users, as well as questions and queries made when interacting with the company’s Meta AI […]
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user’s region. According to DownDetector, the outage occurred at approximately 12:40 PM ET, with many users unable to access the services through the websites and apps or send messages through WhatsApp. When users attempted to access Facebook, they were […]
Ireland fines Meta €91 million for storing passwords in plaintext
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing in plaintext passwords of hundreds of millions of users. The incident occurred in 2019. At the time, Meta disclosed it publicly and notified DPC, which initiated an investigation into the tech giant’s practices for storing […]