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Home » social media account hack

Articles Tagged with ''social media account hack''

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Hackers Tricked Instagram’s AI Chatbot to Hijack Accounts

Jordyn Alger, Managing Editor, Security
Jordyn Alger
June 2, 2026

Hackers deceived Instagram’s AI chatbot, prompting it to provide access to user accounts.


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Fitting puzzle pieces

78% of people use the same password across multiple accounts

Security Staff
June 10, 2024

A new report reveals current password security trends, such as password reuse and frequent password changes due to security breaches.


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Meta is the second most spoofed brand for credential phishing

Security Staff
May 15, 2024

A sophisticated phishing campaign is bypassing multi-factor authentication in order to target Meta business accounts. 


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Report finds 164% increase in cyber threats targeting brands

Security Staff
August 1, 2023

A new report reveals an increase in key personnel and corporate social media impersonation accounts, among other threats targeting brands.


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Social media account takeovers increased over 1000% in 2021

Security Staff
September 21, 2022

The 2022 Consumer Impact Report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) identified an over 1,000% increase in social media account takeovers in 2021.


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Social media sites most targeted by data breaches

Security Staff
March 28, 2022

A survey by ProtonVPN found that social media sites were the most common website type to suffer a data breach, followed by gaming and technology websites.


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CISOs aren’t doing enough to mitigate social media fraud

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Yoav Keren
December 28, 2021

The majority of CISOs don’t monitor social media at all or only perform occasional manual checks for impersonations and phishing attacks.


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Cybercrime hurts some population groups more than others

Madeline Lauver
September 30, 2021

A new survey of 5,000 internet users around the globe reveals disparities between demographic groups when it comes to internet safety and privacy. 


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U.S. Bank Stadium provides several unique features compared to all other NFL stadiums

NFL Social Media Accounts Hacked by OurMine Crew

January 29, 2020
Saudi hacker group OurMine has hacked the social media accounts of the NFL and 15 of its teams.
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4 Common Security Threats of Social in the Enterprise

Bruce Milne
September 29, 2015
As our lives become more and more digital and increasingly connected, information security (infosec) seems to have become a continuous cycle of good and bad news.
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