Indian singers Miss Pooja, Babbu Maan's Facebook pages hacked to impersonate Meta and Google
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Other than Miss Pooja, Indian singer Babbu Maan's Facebook page also appears to have been hacked. With 3 million followers, Maan's page was changed to 'Meta Ads, which also ran Facebook ads similar to fake Google page.
At the time of filing this report, the Facebook pages that once belonged to Miss Pooja and Babbu Maan, were not publicly available, and appear to have been removed from the platform.
Miss Pooja and Babbu Maan are famed for their acclaimed singing acumen, mostly in and around the Indianand Pakistani states of Punjab and the vast South Asian diaspora settled around the world. While Pooja has been known for breaking the fortress in the male-dominated Punjabi pop scene, Maan has continued to elevate hisfan-base rightbefore the dawn of mobile internet took over the trend of music video cassettes in the world's fifth largest economy.
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The latest hacks show how scammers can take over an existing verified page to trick users.
Facebook now tracks and publicly displays a history of name changes for verified accounts. The feature has been hailed as a welcome bit of transparency but the safeguard still doesn't appear enough to flag some obvious scams.
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 10:34 am