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Any device
connected to the
internet is vulnerable
yb So, how many devices
are connected to
the internet?
14.4
billion
This number is set to
i years as internet
consumption rises.
d be
25 billion
connected devices.
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swiftly undid the changes. The breach
nt n c n c n ea te ea te Our Soci l S tesfor oc hs to to Last year, some Instagram users received
a message claiming that a post of theirs
was guilty of copyright infringement.
truc a a so ve n t n t where they were then asked to enter
their Instagram login information. Of
, t o cybercrime gang. And users who followed
the instructions ended up making their
ha kers
wh who promptly changed people’s pass-
. T asked for ransom payments in exchange
ag in, th s tim with a ph sh-
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on that thei acc unt w s eli-
the c vet d “ lue bad e,” p nd-
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at a “bad “ e e o m” lin . The scam ork d
to ur ency i target ’ -
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in the verifi cat on process w uld
exp hin 48 hours. Ma y wil ngly eir ri ate i formati n. Last
yea agra rolled ou a new sec I r e o r ty ant to elp u er sec re co -
prom ccounts nd kick ut acke s
— p ish ng ttacks c ntinue.
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