Deleted Facebook Cybercrime Groups Had 300,000 Members
Summary: Facebook deleted almost 120 private discussion groups with more than 300,000 members after KrebsOnSecurity alerted the company, and the groups had promoted spamming, wire fraud, account takeovers, phony tax refunds, 419 scams, denial-of-service attack-for-hire services and botnet creation tools. The average age of the groups was two years, some had existed for up to nine years, and roughly ten percent had operated for more than four years.
Key Takeaway: Groups advertising carding, account takeovers and DDoS-for-hire sat openly on the platform for years and were removed only after a journalist flagged them, so the takedown reflects a response to publicity rather than routine detection of 300,000 members' worth of criminal activity.
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