There seems to be a bit of a thing – technical term – happening on Twitter at the moment.
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Users are reporting “signing in” to an app / website called StalkTrak(dot)com, then complaining about a combination of DMs and publicly posted messages. The bulk of the messages are along the lines of the now familiar “Hi someone is posting very bad stuff about you” / “Hey somebody is making really bad things about you” / “Hi some person is making terrible things about you” messages that we’ve seen before.
Those links take users to the below Stalktrak(dot)com login page:
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Elsewhere, it’s promo city:
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“See who is stalking your Twitter”, and a URL.
The above link takes users to a page asking them to “Authorize StalkTrak to use your account” to “View who is stalking your Twitter”.
Hitting the Authorize App button simply displays what appears to be a random list of alphabetised Twitter handles:
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Yes, somehow a test account that’s been set to “private” for the last four months or so managed to build up a list of nearly 700 stalkers. That’s quite the achievement!
These StalkTrak sites have been around for a while and tend to put in a fresh appearance every now and again – judging by the reaction on Twitter this morning, nobody seems to be particularly happy about it. Always check the URL of the site you’re on when being asked for Twitter credentials, and always be suspicious of apps and websites claiming to be involved in seeing who visits / stalks / views your profile.
It’s the oldest trick in the book, and sadly the most popular.
Christopher Boyd
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