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Data Privacy,
Technology

Dec. 27, 2022

Cyber mercenaries turn mobile phones into spying devices

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder
iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228

Phone: (415) 699-7885

Email: anita@icommlaw.com

iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.

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As family and friends gather for holiday cheer and ski trips, the risk they face is not being buried by a snow avalanche. The real danger may be a cyber mercenary lurking on the electronic device in their pocket or hotel room sent there by the Russian company Avalanche.

Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, announced earlier this year that it had removed more than 100 accounts on those two social media platforms linked to Avalanche, ...

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