Probe Continues Into Fake Facebook Posting
Posted/updated on: June 1, 2016 at 3:05 pmLUFKIN – Lufkin police continue their investigation into a fake Facebook page and a fake story. The page carried a fake news story about “3 officers killed, 5 wounded in Lufkin shooting.” It came from a website server that appears to be hosted out of Utah, but is registered to a person in the country of Georgia, which use to be part of Russia. Detectives are currently working to trace the origin of the Facebook page. The link directs users to a website called “All News Universe” that contains malware or spyware that can infect computers and compromise personal information. Lufkin police Public Relations Specialist Jessica Pebsworth said “It could take six to eight weeks to trace the IP address of the Facebook page poster, but Facebook is cooperating with the investigation.”