Hackers spreading fake news on verified accounts

[pnwmom]

http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/social-media-fake-news.html?m=1

Now, researchers have uncovered a new, cunning attack technique currently being used by hackers to take over verified Twitter accounts and rename them to influential people in order to spread fake news.

Dubbed DoubleSwitch, the attack begins with a simple account takeover, but then the hackers change the username and display name with the one having a large influence on social media.
According to a new report from digital rights group Access Now, hackers are targeting Twitter accounts of journalists, activists, and human rights defenders in Venezuela, Bahrain, and Myanmar, some of them were verified with a large number of followers.

This attack was discovered when two journalists — Milagros Socorro and Miguel Pizarro, a member of Venezuela's parliament — were hacked and then renamed.

What's creepy? The hacker then registered a new account, resembling with their original profiles, under the original usernames (Twitter handles), but using the attacker's controlled email addresses.

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[Madam45for2923]

1. Ted Lieu's fake account?

Link to tweet

[luvMIdog]

2. Is this Russians creating this chaos so people can say Trump(R) did not make those tweets?

[pnwmom]

3. They're creating as much chaos as they can to bring our country down. n/t