Meta’s threat disruptions

UPDATED

FEB 14, 2024

This list provides a deep dive into our work to detect and counter security threats on our platform, broken down by year. We will continue to update this list regularly as we publish new threat disruption reports.

2024
  • Feb 2024
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Fourth Quarter 2023. Read more

  • 2023
  • Nov 2023
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Third Quarter 2023. Read more

  • Aug 2023
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Second Quarter 2023. Read more

    • How We Improve Online Defenses Through Transparency and Industry Collaboration. Read more

  • May 2023
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, First Quarter 2023. Read more

    • How We Protect Businesses From Malware. Read more

    • The Malware Threat Landscape: NodeStealer, DuckTail and more. Read more

  • February 2023
    • Protecting Public Debate During the War in Ukraine and the Protests in Iran. Read more

    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Fourth Quarter 2022. Read more

  • 2022
  • December 2022
    • Recapping Our 2022 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Enforcements. Read more

    • Threat Report on the Surveillance-for-Hire Industry. Read more

  • November 2022
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Third Quarter 2022. Read more

  • September 2022
    • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China and Russia. Read more

  • August 2022
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Second Quarter 2022. Read more

  • April 2022
    • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, First Quarter 2022. Read more

  • February 2022
    • Updates on Our Security Work in Ukraine. Read more

    • January 2022 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

  • January 2022
    • Recapping Our 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Enforcements. Read more

  • 2021
    • December 2021
      • Taking Action Against the Surveillance-For-Hire Industry. Read more

      • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report. Read more

      • November 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • November 2021
      • October 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

      • Taking Action Against Hackers in Pakistan and Syria. Read more

    • October 2021
      • September 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • September 2021
      • Removing New Types of Harmful Networks. Read more

    • August 2021
      • July 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • July 2021
      • June 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

      • Taking Action Against Hackers in Iran. Read more

    • June 2021
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Ethiopia. Read more

      • May 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • May 2021
      • Threat Report: Combating Influence Operations. Read more

      • April 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • April 2021
      • Taking Action Against Hackers in Palestine. Read more

    • March 2021
      • Taking Action Against Hackers in China. Read more

      • March 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

      • February 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • February 2021
      • January 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    2020
    • December 2020
      • December 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from France and Russia. Read more

      • Taking Action Against Hackers in Bangladesh and Vietnam. Read more

    • November 2020
      • October 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • October 2020
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior. Read more

      • Inauthentic Behavior Report: Update on Our Work Against Deceptive Behavior. Read more

      • September 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • September 2020
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior. Read more

      • August 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • August 2020
      • July 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • July 2020
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior. Read more

    • June 2020
      • May 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • May 2020
      • April 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • April 2020
      • March 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • March 2020
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia. Read more

      • February 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report. Read more

    • February 2020
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia, Iran, Vietnam and Myanmar. Read more

    2019
    • December 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Georgia, Vietnam and the US. Read more

    • October 2019
      • How We Respond to Inauthentic Behavior on Our Platforms: Policy Update. Read more

      • Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Iran and Russia. Read more

      • Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in UAE, Nigeria, Indonesia and Egypt. Read more

    • September 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Spain. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Iraq and Ukraine. Read more

    • August 2019
      • Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Myanmar. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Read more

    • July 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras. Read more

    • May 2019
      • Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Iran. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Israel. Read more

      • Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia. Read more

    • April 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Spam From India and Pakistan. Read more

    • March 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From the PhilippinesRead more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From the UK and Romania. Read more

    • February 2019
      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Moldova. Read more

    • January 2019
      • Taking Down Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Indonesia. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Iran. Read more

      • Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Russia. Read more

      • Banning Twinmark Media Enterprises in the Philippines from Facebook. Read more

    2018
    • December 2018
      • Taking Down Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Bangladesh. Read more

    • November 2018
    • October 2018
      • Taking Down Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior from Iran. Read more

      • Removing Additional Inauthentic Activity from Facebook. Read more

    • August 2018
      • Removing Myanmar Military Officials From Facebook. Read more

      • Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior. Read more

    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • April 2018
      • Authenticity Matters: The IRA Has No Place on Facebook. Read more

    2017
    • September 2017
      • An Update On Information Operations On Facebook. Read more