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Crooks have put together a smut-themed scam campaign targeting Instagram users. Affected users’ profiles have been altered with sexually suggestive imagery to lure their followers to adult dating sites, Symantec warns. Attackers changed the Instagram account pictures and biographies to material plugging x-rated sites, earning …

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  1. TheProf

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    Time to open an Instagram account. Let the merriment commence.

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    1. Paul Crawford Silver badge
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      Have an up-vote! I was going to the same really, that now Instagram and Twitter might be of some use or interest.

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      1. Captain DaFt
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        This does read like a viral ad campaign: "Free porn with every Instagram account!"

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    2. Anonymous South African Coward Bronze badge
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      Make sure to use a really weak password!

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