Twitter Phishers Catch Some Big Game

It’s easy to fall victim to some of the more sophisticated Twitter and other social network scams out there, as exemplified by the ability of the latest Twitter phishing attack to catch some big names in its net. British Environment Minister Ed Miliband and BBC correspondent Nick Higham along with others in the media and politics displayed the same sex-related Tweets that linked to phishing sites after their accounts were hijacked. Although the scam has its own agenda, which may involve identity theft or skewing

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