Twitter Identity Theft Alert: Its Edinburgh_cc Not Edinburghcc
On July - 26 - 2009
I’ve recently been alerted by Edinburgh Council officials that there has been a twitter account masquerading as Edinburgh Council (EdinburghCC) . It has already captured 38 followers so I thought its important to highlight that this is in fact not a genuine twitter account for Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh_CC is. So for those already following EdinburghCC, kindly unfollow and follow Edinburgh_CC, as this is the genuine council account.
Liz Azyan (Doctoral Researcher – PhD, Royal Holloway, University of London) holds a Diploma in Computer Science, a 1st class BSc (Hons) degree in Business Computing (2003 – Best Student) both from MARA University of Technology (Malaysia) and a Distinction in MSc in Business Information Systems (2005) from Royal Holloway, University of London.
James Says:
This was the inspiration for my post on Cybersquatting 2.0 and protecting your name in Social Media. http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/06/cybersquatting-20-protecting-your-name-in-social-media/
Despite Twitter now offering account verification, this will continue to be a risk.
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