{"id":54887,"date":"2023-10-20T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/facebook-to-warn-users-targeted-by-state-sponsored-hackers-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:29:13","slug":"facebook-to-warn-users-targeted-by-state-sponsored-hackers-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/facebook-to-warn-users-targeted-by-state-sponsored-hackers-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook to warn users targeted by ‘state-sponsored’ hackers – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facebook has come up with a new notification that\u2019s even less welcome than a Farmville<\/i> invitation: an alert that a state-sponsored actor is trying to hack into your account.<\/p>\n
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Chief security officer at Facebook Alex Stamos published a blog post<\/a> about the new system, saying these types of hacks are \u201cmore advanced and dangerous\u201d than others.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe will notify you if we believe your account has been targeted or compromised by an attacker suspected of working on behalf of a nation-state,\u201d Stamos writes.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe decided to show this additional warning if we have a strong suspicion that an attack could be government-sponsored.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Facebook is quick to point out that this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean these government forces have compromised their platform, saying the user\u2019s computer or smartphone might have some nasty malware on it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A sample of what the notification will look like is sufficiently scary: \u201cWe believe your Facebook account and other online accounts may be the target of attacks from state-sponsored actors.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n