Another Boo Boo on Facebook

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So Anonymous Hacker Group probably did the right thing with promises to "Kill" Facebook on Guy Fawkes day.


Hacker stole £35k from neighbours by using social media sites

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A cyber criminal stole £35,000 from his neighbours' bank accounts by using information displayed on their Facebook and Friends Reunited profile pages.Iain Wood, 33, of Newcastle, would compile information about his targets from the social networking sites to successfully get past security questions and steal money to fund his gambling addiction.

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Newcastle Crown Court was told last week how the carpet fitter pretended to be the neighbours in his tower block to get his hands on their savings and intercept bank cards.

After pleading guilty to seven counts of false representation, Yahoo! News was told how Wood was jailed for 15 months for the offences which lasted between June 2008 and June last year.

The fraudster would call up customer care centres and say he couldn’t remember the password. Neil Pallister, prosecuting said: “He would be asked security questions about dates of birth and mothers’ maiden names and he was able to give correct details in some cases.

“He would make friends with people on Facebook and have got their usernames and then he would try it on the bank websites, on the basis people use the same passwords.”

Mr Wood was able to fool the system for two years until he became complacent and started transferring money out of one neighbour’s account and directly into his own.

His elaborate scam was foiled when one victim was contacted over the withdrawal of £1,500 and the police were called.

Northumbria Police thought it was a one-off but the court was told that Wood blurted out: “Have you been on to me for a while?”

Judge Guy Whitburn, at Newcastle Crown Court, said: “This is the first time I’ve come across a sophisticated fraud such as this, it was very well planned, complex and clever.”

“He was using other people’s identities and there was a considerable breach of trust in assuming his neighbours’ identities.

“It is an extremely bad deception on people in the same block of flats as he. People’s blood runs cold when they see money taken from their accounts.”

 

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Hacker Group Anonymous to “Kill Facebook” on November 5

AUGUST 11, 2011 NATE CHIGER

The hacker group that goes by the name of Anonymous says they are going to shut down Facebook on November 5, 2011. Anonymous has previously sent cyber attacks to News Corp, Sony, and the US Pentagon. “Operation Facebook” promises to “destroy” the worlds largest social networking site to “protect the freedom of information”.

According to the press release below, Anonymous does not like the fact that Facebook is selling information to Governments and allowing security firms to spy on people from around the world. Even if you delete your Facebook account, they still hold your information and this can be restored at any time. Anonymous is making a huge move for the “sake of your own privacy”.

Will this actually happen? Who knows. One thing’s for sure, I am very interested in seeing how this pans out in the coming months.
Full Anonymous press release after the break.

Operation Facebook

DATE: November 5, 2011.
TARGET: https://facebook.com

Press:

Twitter : https://twitter.com/OP_Facebook
http://piratepad.net/YCPcpwrl09
Irc.Anonops.Li #OpFaceBook

Message:

Attention citizens of the world,
We wish to get your attention, hoping you heed the warnings as follows:

Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed. If you are a willing hacktivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill facebook for the sake of your own privacy.

Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world. Some of these so-called whitehat infosec firms are working for authoritarian governments, such as those of Egypt and Syria.

Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your “privacy” settings, and deleting your account is impossible, even if you “delete” your account, all your personal info stays on Facebook and can be recovered at any time. Changing the privacy settings to make your Facebook account more “private” is also a delusion. Facebook knows more about you than your family. http://www.physorg.com/news170614271.htmlhttp://itgrunts.com/2010/10/07/facebook-steals-numbers-and-data-from-your-iph….

You cannot hide from the reality in which you, the people of the internet, live in. Facebook is the opposite of the Antisec cause. You are not safe from them nor from any government. One day you will look back on this and realise what we have done here is right, you will thank the rulers of the internet, we are not harming you but saving you.

The riots are underway. It is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It is a battle for choice and informed consent. It’s unfolding because people are being raped, tickled, molested, and confused into doing things where they don’t understand the consequences. Facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices, but that is completely false. It gives users the illusion of and hides the details away from them “for their own good” while they then make millions off of you. When a service is “free,” it really means they’re making money off of you and your information.

Think for a while and prepare for a day that will go down in history. November 5 2011, #opfacebook . Engaged.

This is our world now. We exist without nationality, without religious bias. We have the right to not be surveilled, not be stalked, and not be used for profit. We have the right to not live as slaves.

We are anonymous
We are legion
We do not forgive
We do not forget
Expect us


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How to make sure you’re not stalked on Facebook

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</abbr>We pour our lives into Facebook, checking in whenever we stop somewhere new, posting photos of family and friends, and giving away all manner of personal information. It's gold dust for identity thieves, and an easy way for bosses and exes to keep an eye on what you're up to. Fortunately, it's easy to limit your profile's contents and restrict who can read it... so long as you know where to look. </cite>

Blocking other users

You can block specific members from viewing your profile by adding them to a blacklist.

1. Click Account | Privacy Settings and then, in the Block lists section, click Edit your lists.

2. Enter a name or email address for the user you want to block. Facebook displays a list of matches with Block buttons beside each one. Click the appropriate button, followed by Close. This is pretty heavy-handed and far from perfect, as it leaves your profile full of personal information.

Filter your public profile

Before locking down your profile, check how it looks to other Facebook members.

1. Click Account | View settings | Preview my Profile. Whatever appears on the next screen is public property. Make a note of what you want to remove, then click Back to Privacy settings.

2. Facebook's recommended settings are tiered. Your status, photos, posts, family details and biography are open to all. Friends of friends can see tagged photos, political or religious views and your birthday, while your friends can comment on your posts and see where you’ve checked in. Three presets in the ‘Sharing on Facebook’ section let you make more or less of your profile public, but for finer-grained control click Customise settings.

3. Facebook splits your profile into sections. Use the menus beside each one to choose who can see each part (Everyone, Friends of Friends, or Friends only).

4. To hide some sections from specific users, pick Customise and enter the names of the people from whom you want to hide that data.

Controlling your public profile

A large part of your profile is material posted by other people. They can tag you in their photos, write on your wall and comment on your posts. To retain control of your public image, you need to restrict what others post about you.

1. Under Privacy settings select Customise settings and then scroll down to 'Things others share' and set who can see ‘photos or videos I'm tagged in' to 'Only me', and set permission to comment on your posts to friends only.

2. Uncheck the box allowing friends to post on your wall, and use the Edit settings buttons beside 'suggest photos of me to friends' and 'friends can check me in to places' to stop them tagging you in images and publishing your physical location.

3. Return to the top of the page and click Preview my Profile again. If you're happy with the stripped-down results, click Back to privacy settings.

Limiting apps

Some of your information is made public by Facebook apps and games, and by third-party websites that use Facebook logins. Rather than disabling all apps, simply limit the information they can publish.

1. Scroll to the bottom of privacy settings and, under Apps and websites, click Edit your settings. On the following page, click Edit settings in the Information accessible through your friends section.

2. The box that pops up breaks out your profile sections again, here covering not only your details, but also whether you're online and where you've checked in. Uncheck anything you want to keep private, then click Save Changes.

Any apps you haven't used for a long time should be removed from your account, as they can still access your data and updates.

1. Scroll up to Apps you use and click Edit settings.

2. Click the 'x' beside each app you want to remove or, for more information about what data it can access, click Edit settings.

Hide yourself from search engines

Finally, to stop your Facebook profile appearing in search engines' listings, go to the Apps and websites section of your Privacy settings. Hit Edit settings next to the Public search button and ensure Enable public search is unchecked.