Oakland County man jailed for hacking Instagram accounts, phone numbers | Tech Reddy

[ad_1] CLARKSTON, Mich. – It is Oakland County The man was sentenced to prison for organizing a campaign to hijack Instagram accounts and phone numbers. ‘SIM switch’ scheme Officials said Anthony Joseph Carlson, 25, of Karakastonran a fraudulent “SIM switch” scheme in which he tricked mobile phone service providers into crediting new phones he managed. … Read more

Oakland County man jailed for hacking Instagram accounts, phone numbers | Tech Reddy

[ad_1] CLARKSTON, Mich. – It is Oakland County The man was sentenced to prison for organizing a campaign to hijack Instagram accounts and phone numbers. ‘SIM switch’ scheme Officials said Anthony Joseph Carlson, 25, of Karakastonran a fraudulent “SIM switch” scheme in which he tricked mobile phone service providers into crediting new phones he managed. … Read more

Meta settles lawsuit for ‘significant’ amount against businesses hacking Facebook and Instagram data • TechCrunch | Tech Reddy

[ad_1] Meta parent Facebook has settled a lawsuit in the US against two companies involved in data mining, which saw the collection of data from Facebook and Instagram users for marketing intelligence purposes, according to the first accusation in released in October 2020. The companies named. in the lawsuit, Israel’s BrandTotal Ltd and Unimania Inc. … Read more