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Hacker Will Try to Get Your Financial info by Using Facebook

Hackers have been posting adverts on timelines. These misleading ads try to fool people about handing over personal info. These post mostly promise a good amount of money. When you hit any of these links; a man makes contact and offers some opportunities.

Rachel Kowalski
Rachel KowalskiCybersecurity Analyst
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Hacker Will Try to Get Your Financial info by Using Facebook

Hackers have been posting adverts on timelines. These misleading ads try to fool people about handing over personal info. These post mostly promise a good amount of money. When you hit any of these links; a man makes contact and offers some opportunities. “The first one is that he told that he has a business which can obtain some Government funding, and he claim the money on their behalf and split the profit.” ” The second one; he tells that he has a mobile phone business and requires new phones to sell on.”

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Unfortunately, some people gave them money and keep giving more. Please be careful about any post in your timeline. Don’t click any post and do not believe anything you told.

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Rachel Kowalski

Rachel Kowalski

Cybersecurity Analyst

Rachel Kowalski is the Cybersecurity Analyst at TrendinTech, where she covers vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks, nation-state operations and the security rules shaping organizations in the United States and Europe. Before moving into journalism she worked as a threat intelligence analyst at a security vendor and later reported for CyberScoop and the security desk at Wired, covering the SolarWinds compromise and the ransomware wave that hit hospitals and pipelines. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attends Black Hat and DEF CON in Las Vegas each year, where she follows research from the security community. She writes to make risks and countermeasures understandable to people who are not specialists.

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