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Twitter follow bots cut off from API, as accounts disabled for spreading misinformation from Iran and elsewhere

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ManageFlitter, Statusbrew, and Crowdfire have had their access to the Twitter API revoked for allegedly helping users abuse the service, aggressively and repeatedly following and unfollowing large numbers of other accounts – a tactic frequently employed by Twitter spammers.

Meanwhile, Twitter and Facebook share details of the accounts they have shut down after finding they were spreading misinformation in the run-up to the US midterm elections.

Graham Cluley

Fear hackers? Relax _ internet security in Sochi is little worse than elsewhere – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Fear hackers? Relax _ internet security in Sochi is little worse than elsewhere
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The games, like nearly all international events, have sparked a series of online calls to arms, with various branches of the nebulous Anonymous movement pledging action over issues as diverse as gay rights, Chechnya, and the destruction of stray dogs.

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South Carolina Offers Details of Data Theft and Warns It Could Happen Elsewhere – New York Times

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South Carolina Offers Details of Data Theft and Warns It Could Happen Elsewhere
New York Times
On Tuesday, the computer security firm Mandiant released a report with new details about the attack. Hackers broke into the agency's computer system by sending state employees spam e-mail that contained an embedded link. If employees clicked on the …
Haley admits hacking errors; revenue chief resignsThe Associated Press
South Carolina tax chief resigns after taxpayers hit in cyber attackYahoo! News (blog)
South Carolina tax chief resigns after report reveals 4 million taxpayers hackedFox News

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