“Media owners have complained of increased criminal cyber activities and have hinted at the possibility of approaching the Suriname government for assistance to formally bring the issues to the attention of the owners of Facebook and its parent company, Meta.
‘Since Surinamese people have a predominantly "Facebook culture" and FB is an important platform to be informed by the media, it is feared that they will be deprived of essential information if the pages of the local media are taken offline,’ the media owners have warned.
So far, two forms of attacks have been observed. In the first form, social media channels, email addresses and other accounts are hacked and completely taken over by third parties.
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They told reporters that from their research, the affected companies have been able to conclude that these are organized, targeted attacks, particularly with regard to the reporting of news items on Facebook.”
