Report Says Facebook Believes Spammers Were Behind September Security Attack

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Following an investigation conducted by an internal team of researchers, Facebook now reportedly believes that a group of spammers posing as digital marketers was behind the attack.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, "Internal researchers now believe that the people behind the attack are a group of Facebook and Instagram spammers that present themselves as a digital marketing company, and whose activities were previously known to Facebook’s security team, said the people familiar with the investigation."

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