Report: Facebook Helped the FBI Exploit Vulnerability in a Secure Linux Distro for Child Predator Sting

June 11, 2020 at 10:15 am

Facebook security personnel and engineers helped the FBI track down a notorious child predator by helping a third-party company develop an exploit in a security-focused version of the Linux operating system, Tails, per a Wednesday report by Vice.

They also paid a third party contractor “six figures” to help develop a zero-day exploit in Tails: a bug in its video player that enabled them to retrieve the real I.P. address of a person viewing a clip.

https://gizmodo.com.au/2020/06/report-facebook-helped-the-fbi-exploit-vulnerability-in-a-secure-linux-distro-for-child-predator-sting/