Facebook Suit Reveals Ukrainian Hackers Used Quizzes to Take Data from 60,000 Users [www.databreaches.net]
Facebook suit accuses two Ukrainians of distributing adware disguised as quizzes [www.cyberscoop.com]
Facebook sues two Ukranians over data-pinching browser add-ons [www.theinquirer.net]
“Ukrainian hackers used seemingly innocuous online quizzes and surveys, with titles like ‘What does your eye color say about you?,’ to gain access to private Facebook user data and to target users with unauthorized advertisements...” https://t.co/Ifcx17WKZ4
— TheMarinaTimes (@TheMarinaTimes) March 10, 2019
WHAT ANIMAL ARE YOU?
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) March 9, 2019
WHAT DOES YOUR EYE COLOR SAY ABOUT YOU?
A cautionary tale about those dumb quizzes you see on Facebook. https://t.co/UEAoXH1V6v
It's #Facebook_Friday again. Two Ukrainian men allegedly used online quizzes to lure more than 60,000 Facebook users into installing malicious browser extensions that exfiltrated their profile data and friends lists to offshore servers. https://t.co/gtW4vqxUiI
— Kevin Poulsen (@kpoulsen) March 9, 2019
Facebook sues Ukrainian quiz-makers for stealing user data with malware plugins https://t.co/5bELhkIfq6 pic.twitter.com/FAGXqLHPfF
— The Verge (@verge) March 10, 2019
The hackers allegedly lured Facebook users to connect their accounts to a range of online quiz apps with names like, "Do you have royal blood?, "You are yin. Who is your yang?" and "What kind of dog are you according to your zodiac sign?" https://t.co/LZKuxjAWSO
— RTV6 Indianapolis (@rtv6) March 10, 2019
Interesting. Need to say that this pales in comparison to Cambridge Analytica in terms of scope, cover-up and likely harm. Just saying this because we still have questions FB has refused to answer and lawmakers have failed to ask of Facebook. https://t.co/VQ0Frjh8dU
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) March 9, 2019