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June 6, 2016 03:39 pm GMT
More about Linkedin, Online Security, Protection, Hackers, and Hack
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Don't be like Mark: How to protect your social accounts from being hacked
In the last week or so, several high-profile social networking accounts have been hijacked by hackers, including those belonging to Katy Perry, Mark Zuckerberg and Keith Richards.
And even though control of all these accounts was quickly restored back to their owners, it was still a very embarrassing experience for the celebs: Katy Perry's 89 million followers had to endure a tirade of racists words and insults, while the official Tenacious D Twitter account, also hacked over the weekend, incorrectly tweeted member Jack Black had died, seriously freaking out his fans.
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