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Irish Times publish article about how fraudsters use social networking sites

NEWS / 12 April 2011

Karlin Lillington write in The Irish Times, Friday, 8th April about the ease at which fraudsters use social networking sites to get personal information.

Irish Times logoIn the Irish Times, Friday, 8th April 2011, Karlin Lillington writes an article, "Conmen find social networks to their liking" about the ease at which personal information can be accessed through social network websites. The article is based on a recent Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec. 

[Source: Symantec Corp., Internet Security Threat Report, Vol. 16]

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