Russians Pose as Americans to Steal Data on Social Media
John P. Mello Jr. 
Americans have been targeted on social media by Russian agents on a mission to harvest personal information. The agents pretended to work for organizations promoting African-American businesses as a ruse to obtain personal information from black business owners during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Using names like "BlackMattersUS" and "Black4Black," the agents set up hundreds of social media accounts. Facebook's recently introduced tool for identifying Russian propaganda doesn't address Kremlin agents masquerading as Americans.
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March 08, 2018 at 03:00AM
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Americans have been targeted on social media by Russian agents on a mission to harvest personal information. The agents pretended to work for organizations promoting African-American businesses as a ruse to obtain personal information from black business owners during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Using names like "BlackMattersUS" and "Black4Black," the agents set up hundreds of social media accounts. Facebook's recently introduced tool for identifying Russian propaganda doesn't address Kremlin agents masquerading as Americans.Read more
March 08, 2018 at 03:00AM
from TechNewsWorld
via IFTTT
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