Looking at even social media, you can hack a person’s account with about 90% accuracy. However, their accounts, social media or otherwise, are usually managed by third parties they outsource to,” he observed. Like Abeythissa, Dissanayake too noted that scams and phishing were more likely to succeed as people with less awareness got online. Corporate systems and social media accounts being hacked poses a different risk altogether. “Ironically, people have to resort to learning about social media security threats from social media itself.”Dissanayake noted that as individuals, we should always assume that if something goes wrong, you only have yourself.

Source: The Nation July 18, 2021 06:56 UTC