Pfizer Yanks Facebook Page After Hacking Incident

The target of the most recent in a spate of hacker attacks on government agencies and large corporations, Pfizer, Inc. has taken down its official Facebook page.

The target of the most recent in a spate of hacker attacks on government agencies and large corporations, Pfizer, Inc. has taken down its official Facebook page.

Late on Tuesday, The Script Kiddies, a U.K. hacking group that has been attacking social media sites in the past few months, took the reins of the Manhattan-based pharmaceutical company’s Facebook page and posted unauthorized content. The page had accrued roughly 30,000 followers.

You may recognize the name The Script Kiddies.

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