#social-media-security

#social-media-security

Meta disabled more than 150,000 accounts and Thai police arrested 21 people in a sweeping international crackdown on south-east Asian criminal scam centers that targeted people around the world. The operation was led by Thailand's Royal Thai police anti-cyber scam center, alongside the FBI and the US justice department's scam center strike force, with Meta investigators acting on intelligence shared in real time by law enforcement.

The X account for Fox News star Greg Gutfeld was hacked on Saturday, with scammers posting about cryptocurrency and direct messaging users about needing votes so that he can co-host an upcoming entertainment show. A rep for Fox News confirmed the Gutfeld! host's personal account which has 3.1 million followers was hacked. Just The News reporter Jerry Dunleavy posted screenshots of what Gutfeld's account was sharing, including a post heralding the investment advice of Coach Antonia.

Teenagers have always been formidable hackers. In fact, in recent years, some of the most high-profile and brazen digital attacks around the world have been carried out by teens. But even if you're not a hacker, you're probably still a prolific user of digital tools and social platforms. And whether you've never given much thought to your digital privacy and security or you've started to rein in your data, you can use this guide to implement basic precautions and keep operations security in mind.

A Chinese national and doctoral candidate in social sciences at an American university has begun taking measures to protect her communications and is anxious about her situation.

"True to its name, checker-SaGaF checks if an email is associated with a TikTok account and an Instagram account," Socket researcher Olivia Brown said in an analysis published last week.