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Which social media has most hackers?

According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, based on the Identity Theft Resource Center survey, Instagram users suffered the most from account takeover in 2021. In total, 84% of social media account takeover victims reported that their Instagram accounts got hijacked by scammers.

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While social media’s popularity and use has proliferated across the board, it’s emerged that user profiles of some platforms get compromised more often than others. According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, based on the Identity Theft Resource Center survey, Instagram users suffered the most from account takeover in 2021. In total, 84% of social media account takeover victims reported that their Instagram accounts got hijacked by scammers. Instagram, which has over 1.4 billion monthly active users, is the world’s fourth most popular social media channel. A quarter (25%) of takeover victims also reported losing their Facebook accounts to malicious actors. Twitter was reported by only 3% of account takeover victims, followed by WhatsApp (1%) and LinkedIn (1%). A whopping 68% of victims have not regained access to their accounts. Social media accounts are highly valuable to cybercriminals as they hold a wealth of personal information, which may include the user’s full name, email address, phone number, birth date, physical address, photos, private messages, and more, and can be used to commit fraud. A hijacked account can be utilised to take over even more accounts by publishing fraudulent posts, sending the victim’s contact list malicious links, and asking their friends to reveal personal information or provide funds. The malicious actors can also extort the account owner for money in exchange for getting back the stolen account. Some accounts, like Facebook, can be used to log into various other online accounts, such as online banking, which may hold even more sensitive information. Additionally, cybercriminals can sell compromised social media accounts on the dark web.

Top ways hackers gain access to social media accounts

Malicious actors have many methods to trick victims out of their valuable information, funds, or social media accounts. Posing as a “friend” is an effective scam tactic, as people let their guard down when communicating with people they know. According to the survey, nearly half (49%) of social media account takeover victims clicked on a link in a direct message from a friend before losing access to their social media accounts.

Is APP a digital media?

Except there already is a global market for digital media. They are called apps, and they represent the future of media in many ways.

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Thought provoking on the evolution of apps. From the folks at TechCrunch:

Except there already is a global market for digital media. They are called apps, and they represent the future of media in many ways. Apps are media. Not only are they a form of media in the way that consumer software and games have always been considered media (they compete with TV, books, and music for consumers’ time and attention). But increasingly, they are also subsuming other forms of media. We are seeing the first signs of this “Software Eats Media” (to butcher a phrase from Marc Andreessen) phenomenon with books. Some of the most interesting books on the iPad aren’t merely iBook or Kindle editions, they are full-fledged apps. The best children’s books on the iPad are full-blown apps, as are other books and magazines which incorporate images and videos into the experience. The TinTin iPad art book, based on the new animated movie, is a perfect example. It incorporates 3-D models that readers can manipulate, immersive 360-degree rooms, and other software-enhanced media.