Social media account takeover

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A friend writes: “you sent me a weird link, is everything OK?”

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New message · None — a message from a real friend about your own account

Message from a friend, on a social network

Hi, you just sent me a link to a free-giveaway site — was that really you? It seemed odd coming from you.

What do you do?

This simulation illustrates Social media account takeover. The article explains the full mechanism, the warning signs and what to do.