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How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

At the Virus Bulletin 2020 security conference today, members of the Facebook security team have disclosed more details about one of the most sophisticated malware operations that has ever targeted Facebook users.

Known internally at Facebook as SilentFade, this malware gang was active between late 2018 and February 2019, when Facebook’s security team detected their presence and intervened to stop their attacks.

Read more about this case and how Facebook responded to it on ZDNet.

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