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Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta

May 5, 2023

Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen. A handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging likely malware through ads approved by and purchased through the platform. But the accounts should be easy to catch — in some cases, they were impersonating […]

Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter confirms Circle tweets temporarily were not private

May 5, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security error that made Circle tweets — posts that only go out to a small subset of trusted friends — surface publicly. TechCrunch reported the glitch in early April, but the platform confirmed the issue today in an email sent to Twitter Circle users. “In April 2023, a security incident may […]

Twitter confirms Circle tweets temporarily were not private by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch