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16-May-2009, 09:16 AM #1
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam.

Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.


The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.

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16-May-2009, 01:03 PM #2
That's Facebook one big ad and phising engine. At least the people on MySpace got a bit of a break. At least Facebook got rid of most of the AV2009 pop ups.
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