Thousands of fake Facebook profiles could be trying to steal your data

A fish hook is lying across a computer keyboard, representing a phishing attack on a computer system

Experts have warned of an ongoing cybercriminal campaign leveraging thousands of fake Facebook accounts and phishing pages in an attempt to obtain login data to financial service platform accounts belonging to public figures, celebrities, businesses, and sports teams.

Cybersecurity researchers from Group-IB’s Digital Risk Protection (DRP) team claim to have identified more than 3,200 fake Facebook accounts, some of which are impersonating Facebook and its parent company, Meta.