A handful of attackers in mid-July managed to get control of VIP accounts of politicians in a bitcoin scam.
But, what if the hackers, instead asking for bitcoin, instead used the accounts of Joe Biden or Barack Obama for transmitting disinformation?
Suppose they tweeted from Biden's account that he was out of the election?
Similar things have happened before. In 2013, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Twitter account of The Associated Press. They issued a false news bulletin that an explosion at the White House had injured then-President Obama. It was taken down, but not before the stock market plunged.
According to the New York Times, federal law enforcement continues to be troubled about the immense amount of data traveling through unsecure apps.
If you ever wondered what difference it makes if your kids post 10-second videos on the Chinese app TikTok, this is one of the reasons. The unsecure app run by enemies could possibly expose your passwords or other private information.
