Facebook says U.S. is the most targeted country by hackers on its platform
The Hindu
Cybercriminals on the social network have moved to attacking users through smaller campaigns, after the social network started using automation to block hackers conducting high-volume operations.
(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) Hackers operating fake accounts on Facebook have improved their tactics to attack users on the platform, with the U.S. being the most targeted country between 2017 and 2020, according to a Facebook report. The U.S. also topped the list of the most targeted nations for domestic hacking operations, followed by Ukraine and Brazil. Facebook has taken down more than 150 malicious networks since 2017, it said in the report titled ‘The State of Influence Operations 2017-2020’.
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