On Thursday, Facebook announced a lawsuit against MobiBurn, OakSmart Technologies, and its founder Fatih Haltas in the High Court of Justice in London.
They claim that MobiBurn refused to fully comply with an audit request that was prompted by MobiBurn use of malware to collect user data from Facebook and other social media companies.
Facebook specifically claims that MobiBurn paid third-party app developers to install the malicious Software Development Kit (SDK) into their apps. And when the malware apps were installed on a device, MobiBurn was able to collect information on Facebook users, including name, time zone, email address, and gender.
Facebook is crediting its data abuse bounty program with informing the company of the violations.
Nikolay Holper, doing business as Nakrutka
Facebook is also suing developer Nikolay Holper also known as Nakrutka for violating its policies by operating a “fake engagement service” to sell fake “likes” on Instagram. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, San Francisco division.
