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The hack of 15,000 Roku accounts is a great reminder: Stop using the same password!

Using a unique password for all your online accounts, and having a password manager to keep track o…

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HBO's CEO admits he used fake Twitter accounts, including one of a vegan Texas mom named Kelly, to troll critics who left negative reviews

HBO's Casey Bloys admitted he used fake Twitter accounts to hit back at negative reviews, calling i…

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The internet's biggest fake news producers are gaining traction through Twitter Blue accounts promoting their disinformation about Ukraine

Some of these falsehoods can be traced back to propaganda from the Russian government and Kremlin-c…

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Shein parent company wants to force Twitter to reveal who is behind fake accounts impersonating the fast fashion brand

The parent company for Shein, in its ongoing battle against rival fashion company Temu, is suing Tw…

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Social media platform 'X' decides to withhold accounts after Indian govt executive orders

"Due to legal restrictions, we are unable to publish the executive orders, but we believe that maki…

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Hackers place order of over ₹97k from victim's Swiggy account, two held

Two men were arrested for allegedly duping people by hacking food and grocery delivery app Swiggy a…

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Tiffany Haddish said she got so much hate that she made a fake Instagram, hunted down her trolls, and confronted them

Tiffany Haddish said 75% of the comments were from fake profiles, but she tracked down some of her …

Eammon Jacobs   


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'Inception attacks' on Meta VR headsets can trap users in a fake VR environment, researchers found

The attack involves trapping the Meta Quest user in a malicious VR application that mimics the orig…

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2 Florida men scammed more than $1 million out of Uber Eats by creating fake accounts and acting as both the customer and courier, police say

For their Uber Eats scam, the two men from Florida are now faing charges of 'organized scheme to de…

Katie Hawkinson   


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Hackers selling X Gold accounts on dark web for phishing, scams: Report

Cybercriminals are profiting from X "Gold" verification badge by selling compromised accounts for p…

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Amazon sues scammers for stealing millions of dollars via fake returns

Through the lawsuit, Amazon said it aims to expose their conspiracy and hold them accountable fo…

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Temu's meteoric rise is fueled by social media, but some accounts promoting the shopping app appear to be fake — here's what experts say

Insider found hundreds of Twitter profiles of consumers marketing themselves as official ambassador…

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Twitter stock drops 4% in pre-market after report says Elon Musk's deal to buy the company is in danger

Traders sold Twitter after the Washington Post reported Elon Musk's buyout deal is in "serious jeop…

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Elon Musk's X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after explicit fake pictures go viral

Users searching for Taylor Swift on X get an error message stating "Something went wrong. Try reloa…

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Fake explicit Taylor Swift photos have politicians sounding off. But will AI laws actually change?

Several politicians have called for new laws to criminalize the creation of deepfake pornographic i…

Eve Crosbie   


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Delhi Police busts international cyber fraud syndicate operating from Dubai, Philippines; 5 arrested

With the arrest of five men, the Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang of internati…

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Ye is accusing Adidas of selling 'fake' Yeezys that he didn't approve of and using contract clauses to 'rape' him as an artist

Ye also claimed that Adidas was suing him for $250 million and failed to pay him royalties or the s…

Matthew Loh   


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Taylor Swift fans are furious about graphic fake AI images of the pop superstar being shared on X

Fans of Taylor Swift are expressing their fury on Elon Musk's social-media platform, X, after graph…

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Trump's Truth Social account is attacking E. Jean Carroll while he's sitting in court for her defamation trial

While Trump was in Manhattan on Tuesday, one post from his account stated: "Can you believe I have …

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