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Elon Musk Says Twitter Blue Relaunch on Hold, Wants 'High Confidence of Stopping Impersonation'
Elon Musk on Monday said that Twitter will pause the relaunch of Twitter Blue, the company's new blue check subscription service. In a tweet, Musk said that it would not be relaunched until there was high confidence in stopping impersonation. The coveted blue check mark was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalit...
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Iran-Linked Hackers Pose as Journalists in Phishing Scam
London-based cyber-security company Certfa tied the impersonation of a veteran Iranian-American journalist Farnaz Fassihi to a hacking group nicknamed Charming Kitten, which has long been associated with Iran.
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FBI Tightens Its Policies For People Impersonating Journalists
The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents' ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency has stopped short of ruling out the practice as news organisations had wanted.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Blue Relaunch on Hold, Wants 'High Confidence of Stopping Impersonation'
Elon Musk on Monday said that Twitter will pause the relaunch of Twitter Blue, the company's new blue check subscription service. In a tweet, Musk said that it would not be relaunched until there was high confidence in stopping impersonation. The coveted blue check mark was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalit...
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Iran-Linked Hackers Pose as Journalists in Phishing Scam
London-based cyber-security company Certfa tied the impersonation of a veteran Iranian-American journalist Farnaz Fassihi to a hacking group nicknamed Charming Kitten, which has long been associated with Iran.
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FBI Tightens Its Policies For People Impersonating Journalists
The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents' ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency has stopped short of ruling out the practice as news organisations had wanted.
