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Meta takes down 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to extortion scams
Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams.
Earlier this year, the company added a safety feature in Instagram messages to automatically detect nudity and warn users about potential blackmail scams. When Reddit said last month that it would block unauthorized data scraping from its site, everyone’s (rightful) first reaction was “AI.” However, now that the change has taken effect, search engines that don’t have deals with the website now appear to be locked out. Cybersecurity company Dragos has flagged malware that can attack industrial control systems (ICS), tricking them into things like turning off the heat and running cold water in the middle of winter.
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