According to the claim brought up by The Wall Street Journal, Meta detected some security guards selling users’ accounts and fired them. It is stated that this number is more than a dozen.
Continuing to grapple with the scars of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that took place in the past years Metacame up with a big claim today.
According to the news shared by The Wall Street Journal, Meta last year more than a dozen security guards and their ‘other’ employeesfired for selling user data and passwords.
Facebook’s internal system has been accessed:
Meta learned about the fact that its employees were selling user information as a result of the investigation it conducted within the company. In the investigation, employees tried to use a system within Meta. accessed without authorization appeared.
The aforementioned system is ‘established especially for Facebook employees’.Oops (Online Operations)‘ system. The system was often used when a user could not reach a Meta employee by email or phone.
Users reaching out to Oops had to report whether they were a member of Mark Zuckerberg’s team, a celebrity, or a relative or family member of a Meta employee.
However, the demands for Oops have increased with the increase in the number of users and employees. So much so that while Meta responded to 22 thousand requests via Oops in 2017, this number reached 50 thousand 270 in 2020.
Security guards were selling information for money:
As can be expected, it was not possible for employees such as a security guard to access this system under normal conditions. However, the investigation revealed that the officers had access to the system.
Moreover, after the investigation, a security guard assisting third parties with account hijacking and resetting some accounts. in exchange for bitcoin Another officer who presented it to hackers was fired.
One of Meta’s security providers Allied Universalmade a statement on the subject. The company stated that it is seriously examining all reports against violations.
Speaking to Wall Street, a Meta spokesperson used the following statements after the news:
“People selling fake services are always targeting online platforms, including ours, and tailoring their tactics to detection methods commonly used in the industry.”
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