Big Tech Companies Duped Into Providing Data Used to Sexually Extort Minors
Numerous Big Tech companies were duped, according to a report. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images)
By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 26 April 2022 03:19 PM
Numerous Big Tech companies have been duped into providing customers' sensitive personal information that was used to harass and even sexually extort minors, according to federal law enforcement officials and industry investigators.
The companies deceived by fraudulent legal requests included Meta Platforms Inc., Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Snap Inc., Twitter Inc. and Discord Inc., according to three sources, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Bloomberg cited four federal law enforcement officials and two industry investigators as sources.
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