Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-27 02:00 PST
- Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams
The Hacker News • 2026-02-26 23:56 • thehackernews.com
Meta on Thursday said it’s taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam.
As part of the effort, the advertisers’ methods of payment have been suspended, related accounts have been disabled, and the website domain names used to pull off the scams have been blocked.
Concurrently, the social
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/meta-files-lawsuits-against-brazil.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
