On Friday evening, a bloody attack took place in Munich, Germany, an 18-year-old man opened fire on people near a McDonald's restaurant near the Olimpia Mall, killing several passers-by and injuring 27 others, the man taking - and then life on a nearby street.
Searching the apartment of the young man, the police in Germany discovered that he used a Facebook account to attract people to that McDonald's location, promising people that he would offer them free food, as long as what those people want is not too expensive, the police stating that 7 of the victims would have responded to the offer.
That account would have been hacked, so we are not talking about the account itself, but even so, the police discovered a new way to use Facebook to attract people to a location and commit a terrorist attack, and unfortunately the social network of the Americans will be used more and more often to carry out attacks of this kind.
Facebook is involved in terrorist attacks
Although the police claim that the young man had nothing to do with the Islamic State terrorist organization, the way Facebook is used casts doubt on the credibility of the information that various people publish on the network, especially since hacking an account is not that difficult. , especially for a terrorist network.
"(He) said he would treat them to what they wanted as long as it wasn't too expensive - that was the invitation," Heimberger said. He added that this still needed to be verified, but there were many clues suggesting the attacker had set up the invitation and sent it or posted it online.
Unfortunately, Friday's attack proves that Facebook can become a weapon for terrorists, and with its help victims can be attracted to be killed in terrorist attacks, so we can expect future attacks to be based on similar acts undertaken by attackers , in advance, so the situation becomes very complicated.
Facebook was accused by Israel of not fighting enough against terrorist networks, and considering what was discovered on Friday, there is a possibility that other countries will ask the American company to monitor even more carefully the terrorist activity within its social network.
