Can Facebook Finally Stop The ‘Recidivist’ Spammer Behind Justin Bieber-Selena Gomez Sex Tape Scam?

Facebook filed a complaint last Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against New Jersey man Christopher Peter Tarquini, whom the social network accused of being a "recidivist" spammer behind messages that claim to direct users to pornographic images and videos of celebrities, including a fake sex tape featuring Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported.

Facebook filed a complaint last Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against New Jersey man Christopher Peter Tarquini, whom the social network accused of being a “recidivist” spammer behind messages that claim to direct users to pornographic images and videos of celebrities, including a fake sex tape featuring Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported.

Tarquini was accused of designing software scripts that tricked Facebook users into surrendering their login information, after which their accounts were hijacked and used to repost the posts that tricked the users in the first place, sharing them with friends, and leading to the collection of the login information of more and more users, Naked Security reported.

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