Softpedia News / Security
A group of hackers known as Recursion Team has reportedly been involved in a 2021 scheme that convinced Meta and Apple to share basic customer data.
The whole thing was possible after the hackers posed as law enforcement officials, with a report from Bloomberg revealing that both Apple and Meta shared information like customer addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses following emergency data requests (which don’t typically require a court order).
The obtained data could be used for various harassment campaigns, but needless to say, it could be employed for a wide variety of other schemes, including financial fraud.
Apple hasn’t confirmed the report for Bloomberg, but Meta provided a statement suggesting it’s already working with law enforcement on the case.
“We review every data request for legal sufficiency and use advanc…
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