Apple and Meta duped into giving user data to hackers posing as law enforcement

By Nihal Krishan

Published March 30, 2022 7:46pm ET

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Apple and Facebook reportedly provided sensitive customer information to hackers who faked being law enforcement officials in 2021.

Facebook parent company Meta and Apple gave the hackers basic customer details — such as phone numbers, home addresses, and IP addresses — in response to forged “emergency data requests,” Bloomberg reported.

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