Your social media photos might be weaponized against you right now. FBI just dropped an urgent warning about a nasty attack campaign targeting Facebook, LinkedIn, and X users.
Timing? Peak holiday season—when everyone's guard is down and scammers are working overtime. This isn't your typical phishing attempt. We're talking sophisticated photo-based exploits that could compromise your accounts before you even realize what's happening.
The feds have been firing off cybersecurity alerts left and right lately, but this one hits different. If you're active on these platforms (and let's be real, who isn't?), you need to pay attention.
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NFTRegretful
· 17h ago
Here comes another "emergency alert"—are they trying to scare us every day or what?
Photo hacked? Damn, I just posted a profile picture, what else can they do?
This holiday season has really been nonstop, all kinds of scam teams are going all out.
But seriously, this photo vulnerability does sound a bit sketchy, gotta pay attention.
Why do X and Facebook always have these weird issues? Are we supposed to monitor them 24/7 or what?
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GrayscaleArbitrageur
· 17h ago
Scaring people again? Are photos really that dangerous?
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SingleForYears
· 18h ago
Ladies, you really need to be careful during the holiday season. Even photos can be exploited by hackers—it's just outrageous.
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FBI, hackers... I just want to know how to protect myself. Does changing the password even help?
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The holiday season is basically a festival for scammers. It's exhausting.
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Photos can be "weaponized"? Can we even post selfies safely these days? It's getting scarier and scarier.
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Wait, this isn't just regular phishing? How vicious is that? Has anyone here actually been scammed?
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I knew it, things always happen around this time. They take advantage when people let their guard down—it's honestly wild.
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So what are we supposed to do? We can't just delete all our accounts, that's way too extreme.
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failed_dev_successful_ape
· 18h ago
Ha, here we go again... Every holiday the FBI has to make some big news, but this time it’s really intense—photos can be used as weapons?
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BlockTalk
· 18h ago
Here we go again, every time they say it's serious, I don't even dare to post selfies anymore.
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Photos can be used to attack you? How ridiculous is that... No wonder my friend's account got hacked for no reason.
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Love to cause trouble during holidays, huh? Even scammers can't take a break.
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I haven't used FB in ages, but what about people on X and LinkedIn? I need to check them all ASAP.
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Photo-based exploit? That sounds even scarier than phishing links.
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FBI warns thirty times a month, but which warning is actually important?
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So should I delete my photos or set them to private? Help!
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StakeOrRegret
· 18h ago
Here they go scaring people again. Is this real or not?
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Photos being used for attacks? I just want to know how to defend against it.
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You really can get scammed during holidays, gotta be careful.
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Can these warnings be more reliable? Every time they say it's very serious.
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Image-based attacks sound pretty impressive, what are the details?
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Damn, have to change my password again, so annoying.
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So basically, just don’t upload random photos? Still too vague.
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The FBI sends out warnings all the time, not like I can do anything about it anyway.
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This time does feel a bit different, the response was so fast it’s a little scary.
Your social media photos might be weaponized against you right now. FBI just dropped an urgent warning about a nasty attack campaign targeting Facebook, LinkedIn, and X users.
Timing? Peak holiday season—when everyone's guard is down and scammers are working overtime. This isn't your typical phishing attempt. We're talking sophisticated photo-based exploits that could compromise your accounts before you even realize what's happening.
The feds have been firing off cybersecurity alerts left and right lately, but this one hits different. If you're active on these platforms (and let's be real, who isn't?), you need to pay attention.