Meta takes down Indian firm's phishing network

• Meta has taken down a network of fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram being operated by an Indian firm k/a CyberRoot Risk Advisory.
• This network primarily engaged in social engineering and phishing, intended to trick people into giving up their credentials to various online accounts.

CyberRoot

• Part of the global surveillance-for-hire industry: that targets people across the internet to collect intelligence, manipulate them into revealing information and compromise their devices and accounts.
• Part of a sprawling industry: that provide intrusive software tools and surveillance services indiscriminately to any customer.
• Typical usage: against opposition politicians, journalists, human rights activists, and rival businesses.

Prelims Takeaway

• Phishing
• Social Engineering