Meta Sues Hackers Behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Phishing Attacks

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms on Monday said it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. state of California against bad actors who operated more than 39,000 phishing websites that impersonated its digital properties to mislead unsuspecting users into divulging their login credentials.
The social engineering scheme involved the creation of rogue webpages that masqueraded as the login