January 29, 2024 at 09:28AM
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Colombia office reported a Facebook page hack, cautioning the public to disregard any content from the account. Unauthorized access was detected, posing a potential risk not further specified. The agency is actively securing the account and investigating the breach’s extent, prompting a plea for user caution.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– The Colombia office of the U.S. government agency overseeing foreign aid and development funding reported that its Facebook page was hacked.
– The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Embassy in Bogota issued a statement highlighting the unauthorized access and potential risk resulting from the hack.
– The nature of the risk and whether the breach involved ransomware were not identified in the statement.
– The Facebook page of USAID’s Colombia program displayed a message stating that the content was not available at the time and the agency did not immediately respond to questions regarding the impact and status of the hack.
– The agency urged caution and advised the public to ignore any posts or links originating from the compromised USAID Colombia Facebook account.
– Efforts are underway to restore account security and investigate the extent of the breach.
The meeting notes also mentioned related hacking incidents, including the hacking of an SEC account via SIM swapping, details of Mandiant’s account being hacked, and a Twitter celebrity hacker pleading guilty in the US, along with private tweets being exposed due to a Twitter Circle security bug.