Now Meta is kicking out the employees involved, who have made thousands of dollars off their machinations.
Meta employees allowed strangers to access other users’ Facebook and Instagram accounts. The staff of a service provider were also involved in the incidents, through which the scammers “thousands of dollars“harvested. The logical consequence was the layoffs. But Meta’s reputation remains tarnished.
Due to the very tense economic situation worldwide, numerous large companies have already laid off many thousands of employees. Meta also said goodbye to about 11,000 employees just a few days ago, like this one Handelsblatt reported.
It is not always clear what criteria companies use to select personnel to be fired. But above all at Meta there are also layoffs of other types, because how Engadget reports, the company is now kicking out employees who abused their position.
Allied Universal security personnel were also involved
As a result, employees are said to have taken bribes last year to hijack Facebook and Instagram accounts. In doing so, scammers sometimes used Meta’s account recovery tool”Oops“.
According to a report of the Wall Street Journal “thousands of dollars‘ to gain access to specific accounts. Even some allegedsecurity guards“Von Universal Ally, which Meta had commissioned, were allegedly involved in the accidents. A press release from the US security company on the fraud cases in Meta is available on the Allied Universal website obviously in vain.
The Oops tool allows Meta employees to regain control over inaccessible accounts. In fact, it is only intended for rare cases, such as for deceased public figures or family members. However, before using the tool, you should always verify the reliability of the source by asking specific questions.
The use of oops has skyrocketed in recent years. In 2017, there were around 22,000 orders. In 2020 there were already 50,270.
Andy Stone, a spokesman for Meta, said the company continues to “suitable measures” take action against anyone selling fraudulent services. And according to Allied Universal they always react”seriouson reports of violations of conduct.
The size of the redundancies made in this context appears modest compared to the total number of group employees. But in terms of Meta’s reputation, the incidents are likely to cause mixed feelings.
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