The Electronic Crime Sub-Directorate, Cyprus Police, warns the public that suspicious messages of interception of passwords to Social Media and especially to Instagram continue.
Specifically, various users receive a message from a person they know on Instagram and/or Messenger, who informs them that they will receive a code on his behalf and subsequently disclose it to this person.
In essence, this code concerns the recipient's own account and not the sender of the message who is using an already compromised account of another unsuspecting victim. With this method they gain the trust of the recipient so that his/her own account is also compromised.
Then the perpetrators use the compromised accounts to encourage his/her online friends to invest in various cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin etc.).
These messages are malicious and are intended for financial gain as well as to gain access to the recipient's own account.
With this method, the perpetrators gain access to various user accounts, which they then use to trick other unsuspecting users.
In addition, recently there have been incidents where, in addition to the loss of access to Social Media accounts, there has also been a breach of devices - mobile phones.
Recommendations:
- The public is advised to be particularly careful with such messages and NOT to reveal passwords they receive to any person.
- It is recommended to activate the two-factor security settings for their online accounts.
- In case of receiving a suspicious message/request, contact the person from whom the message was received in a different way to confirm the request.
- In case of taking any actions indicated, it is recommended to immediately check and change the password of the account.
For information, information, advice in relation to various other online scams, the public can also be informed from the website of the Cybercrime Sub-Division CyberAlert.Cy.
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