Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users being duped by phishing campaign

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is suing the criminal hackers who have been targeting its users.

The tech giant has filed a federal lawsuit in California that attempts to reveal records that will uncover the identities of the attackers.

The fraudsters have created more than 39,000 websites imitating Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Those sites lure people into entering their usernames and passwords, thinking they are logging in to the legitimate sites.

In a statement, Meta’s director of platform enforcement and litigation, Jessica Romero, said that the lawsuit is “one more step in our ongoing efforts to protect people’s safety and privacy, send a clear message to those trying to abuse our platform, and increase accountability of those who abuse technology”.

She added: “We will also continue to collaborate with online hosting and service providers to identify and disrupt phishing attacks as they occur. We proactively block and report instances of abuse to the hosting and security community, domain name registrars, privacy/proxy services, and others. And Meta blocks and shares phishing URLs so other platforms can also block them.”