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Twitter Estimates Spam, Fake Accounts Comprise Less Than 5 Percent of Users: Filing

May 4, 2022
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Twitter Inc. estimated in a filing on Monday that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5 percent of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter. The social media company had 229 million users who were served advertising in the first quarter. The disclosure came days after Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk,…

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Hackers Compromise FBI Email System, Spams at Least 100,000 Recipients

November 13, 2021
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Hackers compromised an external email system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Spamhaus Project, a watchdog group tracking spam and similar cyber threats, announced Saturday. “We have been made aware of “scary” emails sent in the last few hours that purport to come from the FBI/DHS [Department of Homeland Security],” announced the group on Twitter….

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Hackers Compromise FBI Email System, Spam at Least 100,000 Recipients

November 13, 2021
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Hackers have compromised an external email system of the FBI, a watchdog group that tracks spam and similar cyber threats announced on Nov. 13. “We have been made aware of ‘scary’ emails sent in the last few hours that purport to come from the FBI/DHS [Department of Homeland Security],” the group, Spamhaus Project, wrote on Twitter….

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Online Retailer Kogan Fined Over $300,000 for Breaching Spam Laws

January 19, 2021
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Major online retailer Kogan has been fined $310,800 for sending 42 million marketing emails without proper unsubscribe functions. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found the company breached Australian spam laws by forcing consumers to set up an account before they could sign-out of the emails. “Kogan’s breaches have affected millions of consumers. The…

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