social media | DataProtectionCenter.com

Twitter Removes Iran-Linked Accounts Aimed at Disrupting U.S. Presidential Debate

01

Oct

2020

The accounts, the social media platform reveals, were removed after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alerted it on the suspicious activity. “Based on intel provided by the @FBI, last night we removed approximately 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran. They were attempting to disrupt the public conversation during the first 2020 US […]

Category Cyber warfare Cyber-crime Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Almost 235 Million YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Profiles Exposed Online by Unsecured Database

25

Aug

2020

A security researcher has found a database with almost 235 social media profiles scraped from the Internet, likely belonging to Social Data. Public user data is precious, and many companies want to gather it and sell it. Social media networks represent one of the best sources of this information. Many users keep their profiles open, […]

Category Data loss Threats & Malware Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

Twitter Says Hackers Targeted 130 Accounts in Recent Attack

17

Jul

2020

The accounts were compromised after the attackers managed to gain access to internal Twitter systems and tools. The hack became apparent after high-profile accounts such as those of Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates, or Elon Musk posted messages related to a cryptocurrency scam. Soon after the incident was discovered, Twitter removed the […]

Category Email security Security Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘social media’

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us