Meta says 50,000 people were targeted by 'surveillance for hire' companies

Meta has banned seven "surveillance for hire" companies that targeted at least 50,000 people around the world. The company also banned more than 1,000 accounts associated with these companies. The companies targeted in the takedowns include Cobwebs, Cognyte, Black Cube, Bluehawk CI, BelltroX and Cytrox. Facebook's security researchers also identified "an unknown entity in China," which was "developing surveillanceware" and used facial recognition software. Facebook's researchers didn't say who w...