Analysis of platform transparency reports on fake-account removals
Analysis of published platform transparency reporting indicates LinkedIn removes an average of roughly 112 million fake accounts per year.
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Airbnb 2024 Law Enforcement Response Transparency Report
Airbnb's annual transparency report describes the categories and volumes of law-enforcement requests it received in 2024 relating to user accounts and account data, including legal process, emergency disclosure and preservation requests.
View sourceDisrupting the gateway services to cybercrime
Microsoft and a fraud-prevention vendor disclosed the disruption of a group that Microsoft estimates created and sold roughly 750 million fraudulent Outlook and Hotmail accounts, together with automated CAPTCHA-solving services, to other criminal groups.
View sourceAirbnb says it is cracking down on fake listings and has removed 59,000 of them
Wire-service reporting cited Airbnb disclosing that it removed 59,000 fake listings and blocked a further 157,000 from joining the platform in a single year, as part of automated detection work against fraudulent host accounts.
View sourceDisrupting the Glupteba operation
Google's Threat Analysis Group disclosed action against a botnet of roughly one million Windows machines whose operators stole Google account credentials and ran ancillary criminal services, including one selling access to systems pre-loaded with stolen credentials. Google terminated the associated accounts and cloud projects and filed civil litigation against the operators.
View sourceFacebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts
Facebook stated it removed hundreds of accounts linked to a forum whose members traded hijacked accounts and short, high-value usernames obtained through hacking, coercion and SIM-swapping, with intermediaries taking a percentage cut of resale transactions.
View sourceFacebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts
The platform joined a coordinated enforcement action against members of a forum functioning as a marketplace for hijacked accounts and rare usernames, some obtained through SIM-swapping and extortion.
View sourceFacebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts
The platform stated that hundreds of hijacked accounts, primarily on Instagram, were reclaimed from members of a username-trading forum, describing an escrow-based resale ecosystem focused on short, high-value Instagram usernames.
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