Twitter bots amplifying divisive messages.

Hacking Humans

Followup from listeners on Google search result scams. Dave describes the city of Ottawa sending $100K to a fraudster. Joe shares results from the FBI's Internet Crime Report. The catch of the day involves a dating site and an offer to be someone's "sugar daddy." Our guest is Andy Patel from F-Secure, describing how Twitter bots are amplifying divisive messages.

Links to storys:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/city-treasurer-sent-100k-to-fraudster-1.5088744

https://threatpost.com/fbi-bec-scam-losses-double/144038/

https://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2018_IC3Report.pdf

https://labsblog.f-secure.com/2019/04/03/discovering-hidden-twitter-amplification/

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