Interpol Chief's Identity Spoofed On Facebook

An anonymous reader writes "Ronald Noble, Interpol's Secretary General, has revealed that cybercriminals have opened two fake Facebook accounts using his name and used them to gather sensitive information. 'One of the impersonators was using this profile to obtain information on fugitives targeted during our recent Operation Infra Red,' Noble said. 'This Operation was bringing investigators from 29 member countries at the Interpol General Secretariat to exchange information on international fugitives and lead to more than 130 arrests in 32 countries.'"

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Re:Context

[Anonymous Coward]

if I hold the accounts then I possess some control over other people's ability to misrepresent themselves as me.

Oh and I forgot to add... This is especially important to control rumours about the goat incident.

cappp (sorry, I just logged out)

Re:I don't get it

[Thanshin]

Was someone dumb enough to...

The answer to that question, however you end it, is most often "Yes".

Re:I don't get it

[h4rm0ny]

Apparently the whole summary is shit. According to the actual statement, someone attempted to impersonate him on Facebook and attempted to get information on the operation. There's nothing to indicate that anyone was stupid enough to actually fall for it. Of course they might have been, but there's nothing that backs up TFS's implication that this actually happened.