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There have been some interesting cases where fraudsters have hijacked facebook accounts and then used them for targeted phishing attacks. One example of the at
by raesene 16y ago
There have been some interesting cases where fraudsters have hijacked facebook accounts and then used them for targeted phishing attacks.
One example of the attack http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishers-hit-up-friends-for-cash/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishe...
In those cases the fraudsters have stolen the account completely and locked the original user out, but I guess it's that kind of attack + the information leakage aspect that could be a concern..
- koevet 16y agoYes, true. Something similar happened to me when a I have received an email (gmail) from a friend asking for money because she was stuck somewhere. Similar pattern. It's interesting to notice that this social engineering attacks are easy to carry in a place like US, where there is one common language. I immediately detected that the mail was a fraud, because this person would have never write to me in English.