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Hackers deface Facebook's official Twitter and Instagram accounts

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Facebook's official accounts on Twitter and Instagram have been temporarily taken over and then defaced by a group of hackers known as OurMine. Confirmed as hacked were: Facebook's Twitter account [ source ] Facebook's Instragram account [ source ] Facebook Messenger's Twitter account [ source ] Facebook Messenger's Instagram account [ source ] All hacked accounts have now been restored into Facebook's possession and the defacement posts removed. The attack has been carried out by OurMine, the same hacker group who last week defaced Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts for  the NFL, 15 NFL teams , and sports TV station  ESPN . The hacks took place before the Super Bowl, in order to gain the group reputational points and media coverage. At the time, ZDNet reported that the unauthorized tweets posted on the Twitter timelines of NFL and its teams were posted via an app named Khoros, an app that's usually used by digital marketi...

Xiaomi will launch the Mi 10 on February 13th at an online-only event

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Due to concerns surrounding the spread of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), several companies have  pulled out of or are scaling back  their attendance of  MWC 2020 . So far, that list includes ZTE, LG, Ericsson, and NVIDIA. Another company we’re closely watching is Xiaomi, the value Chinese brand that is expected to unveil the global pricing and availability of its upcoming Mi 10 smartphone series. While the company hasn’t canceled or postponed its global launch plans just yet, the current situation has forced the company to make adjustments to its domestic launch plans. On Chinese social media website Weibo,  Xiaomi confirmed  that the company will move forward with the Chinese launch of the Mi 10 series, but that the event will only be held online. This will be the first time Xiaomi is launching a flagship phone without gathering members of the media to attend a physical press conference. The online-only event will take place on February 13th,...