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HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has joined 18 other state attorneys general in a new online safety campaign with the popular social networking site, Facebook. The initiative, which was formally unveiled at the National Association of Attorneys General’s Presidential Summit on “Privacy in the Digital Age,” provides teenagers and parents with [...]

Facebook was hacked last month; however, they did not notify users for a month. Why? Here is what Facebook says: Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target [...]

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that NOUEL ALBA, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging her with lying to FBI agents [...]

There is a Facebook phishing scam circulating via email. The email looks as show below; however, the link doesn’t really take you to Facebook. Example: From: “Facebook.Team” F28991E87@borgesglass.com To: myemail@domain.com Subject: Account activation Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:04:41 -1200 List-Unsubscribe: mailto:1B337AA6C3EE4D64226F@shabri.org Hi id, Your account has been blocked due to suspicious activity. To re-activate [...]

A picture and article attributed to Morgan Freeman that has been circulating on Facebook since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting appears to be a hoax. Whenever there is a major news event, perpetrators of fraud try to take advantage of the situation. Internet users should take care before clicking on pictures or links. The [...]

Lancaster County associate pastor arrested by Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit; families urged to review Internet safety during the holidays LANCASTER, PA — Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have arrested an associate pastor from Lancaster County accused of using Facebook and text messages to sexually soliciting a 15-year old boy, along with [...]

Though FaceBook claims to be a social network, their cookie police states different: Cookies info: Technologies like cookies, pixels, and local storage are used to deliver, secure, and understand products, services, and ads, on and off Facebook. Learn more about how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies.

No. Beware of any application claiming to track your visitors or “stalkers”. When you activate one of these scam applications, you give the bad guys private information about yourself and friends. FaceBook says, “Facebook does not provide a functionality that enables you to track who is viewing your profile (timeline), or parts of your profile [...]

Fandalism is a website that claims to be for musicians; however, MUSICIAN BEWARE! Fandaslim chooses to violate your, and your friends, privacy. You are not doing yourself, nor your friends, any favor by utilizing this privacy violation and security risk. This is how a typical Fandalism Facebook Application attempts to phish for you and your [...]

WELCOME If you are reading this freaked out because your FaceBook account has a malicious application, please read the How To Deal With The Scam section. INTRODUCTION Please be careful when you accept a FaceBook Application. You could be exposing and exploiting me, as well as, your other friends. A rogue FaceBook Application gets you [...]