For Facebook, ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life

NEW YORK — Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a “hacker”. For most people, that word means something malicious — shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email accounts. For Facebook, though, “hacker” means something different. It’s an ideal that…

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Facebook malware scam takes hold

A “worrying number” of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday. If users who follow the link then click to play what purports to be video coverage of the attack,…

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