“Facebook Inc. believes that the hackers who gained access to the private information of 30 million of its users were spammers looking to make money through deceptive advertising, according to people familiar with the company’s internal investigation. The preliminary findings suggest that the ha...
“Twitter has decided to release data sets containing 10 million election meddling tweets, the company announced Wednesday in a blog post. If you parse the data you will find that these 10 million tweets came from 4,611 accounts, of which 3,841 are linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency. A...
“Google has announced that they are closing the consumer functionality of Google+ due lack of adoption and an API bug that leaked the personal information of up to 500,000 Google+ accounts. While no evidence was found that indicates this bug was ever misused, it was determined that the complexity...
“A senior general in the international fight against ISIS has a pointed warning for Western governments with troops in Iraq and Syria: You’re being played by the Russians. The Russian and Syrian regimes are mounting ‘extremely aggressive’ information operations, spreading disinformation and...
“Hackers are taking over high-profile Instagram users’ accounts and holding them to ransom, it was revealed this week. At least four influencers have lost control of their accounts and received demands to send bitcoin for their return, but in some cases the attackers retained control or deleted ...
Twitter recently announced that it is cracking down on fake accounts and attempts to spread misinformation ahead of the November elections. Twitter moderators will also be on the lookout for distribution of hacked material containing private information. This summer, Twitter deleted 50 accounts posi...
Facebook’s September 28 announcement of a hack that compromised 50 million accounts will likely become part of a growing set of breaches that is moving Congress to consider regulation. The Facebook statement following the hack said that “attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code...
An OODA Loop interview with author P.W. Singer on his new book about information operations on social networks. Via OODA Loop...