An account hijacking and bribery scam at Meta has led to the firing or discipline of more than a dozen employees or contractors over the last year, The Wall Street Journal reported. Workers were allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from hackers to gain access to accounts on Facebook or Instagram. Among the fired…
DetailsFacebook’s parent company Meta is suing to ban Israeli surveillance company Voyager Labs from using Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the firm scraped the data of 600,000 users without their knowledge via tens of thousands of fake accounts, according to a report in The Guardian. The lawsuit states that Facebook deleted 38,000 fake profiles set…
DetailsThe pension fund for the United Methodist Church has blocked five Israeli banks from its investment portfolio in what it describes as a broad review meant to weed out companies that profit from abuse of human rights.
A Mexico-based businessman has been arrested in the United States on charges that he and five others engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain tax refunds from the Mexican government and launder over $100 million.
American law enforcement has a new Public Enemy No. 1 among illegal drugs: It’s called heroin.
A cheer-dance team in Mexico drew criticism Friday for a routine in which they displayed flags with swastikas, dressed in pseudo-military outfits and one girl appeared to toss a Nazi salute to the crowd.
Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been extradited to the United States, Mexico’s government said Thursday, a little more than a year he was caught following his brazen escape from a maximum-security prison.
Surveillance photos surfaced Monday revealing just how close an eye Mexican authorities had on Sean Penn when he journeyed south of the border to interview fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican federal judge who presided over appeals from high-profile drug kingpins in recent years was fatally shot in the head outside his home on Monday, authorities said.
Escaped drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is taunting his pursuers and former captors — with online photos showing him enjoying a beer and in the cockpit of a plane.
