Hackers Posing as Police Convinced Apple and Meta to Share Basic Subscriber Info
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Apple and Meta provided user data to cybercriminals last year who requested it by pretending to be law enforcement, according to Bloomberg.
Hackers have been spoofing email from police forces to steal personal data from big tech companies.
A recent report reveals that both Apple and Facebook provided private user data to hackers who posed as law enforcement officials. The hackers used forged "emergency data requests" to trick the Masters of the Universe into handing over sensitive information such as IP addresses and phone numbers for their targets.
Apple and Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.