Singapore GE2020: Public warned to be on guard as hackers target parties with fake posts
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At least three political parties have fallen victim to hackers who are pretending to be them in the lead-up to the general election on July 10, in order to spread fake news, or possibly, to steal money and information.
bad actors have set up fake Facebook pages masquerading as Red Dot United (RDU) and Peoples Voice (PV).
These fake pages are dangerous because you do not know what is on the minds of people who create them. They might want to mislead the public to cause us harm and make us look like extremists or lunatics,"...They might totally misrepresent our party's position.
Such pages are most commonly used to misinform people and push out fake news - to manipulate public opinion. And since fake news is usually controversial, it tends to spread much faster than the official one
At least three political parties have fallen victim to hackers who are pretending to be them in the lead-up to the general election on July 10, in order to spread fake news, or possibly, to steal money and information.
bad actors have set up fake Facebook pages masquerading as Red Dot United (RDU) and Peoples Voice (PV).
These fake pages are dangerous because you do not know what is on the minds of people who create them. They might want to mislead the public to cause us harm and make us look like extremists or lunatics,"...They might totally misrepresent our party's position.
Such pages are most commonly used to misinform people and push out fake news - to manipulate public opinion. And since fake news is usually controversial, it tends to spread much faster than the official one
posted by Dark Shadow | 12:07 PM
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