#SocialMediaHijacking

‘Serial cybercriminal and scammer’ jailed for 8 years, told to pay back $1.2M

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November 27, 2023 at 08:12PM Amir Hossein Golshan, a 25-year-old man from Los Angeles, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for carrying out SIM-swap attacks, committing fraud with Zelle payments, and impersonating Apple support. Between April 2019 and February 2023, he defrauded hundreds of people, stealing $740,000 from over 500 victims. Golshan used … Read more

Google Suing Cybercriminals Who Delivered Malware via Fake Bard Downloads

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November 14, 2023 at 08:09AM Google is taking legal action against cybercriminals who used websites to deliver malware under the guise of offering downloads for its chat-based AI tool, Bard. The malicious sites allowed hackers to gain control of victims’ social media accounts. Google is seeking an order to halt these scams and disable related … Read more