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Last Updated : 2024-04-29 02:09:00
Colombo, March 28 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) requested people not to click on links shared on social media platforms claiming to receive presents given by popular brand names and their trade marks.
SLCERT Senior Information Security Engineer Charuka Damunupola said those links may be received via SMS, WhatsApp, X formerly known as Twitter, Facebook now known as Meta and as a call received on their mobile phone.
Damunupola requests the public to first confirm the authenticity of the requests before responding to them. These kinds of links can be received through your friend groups, he said.
The SLCERT investigations revealed that clicking on certain social media links can lead to privacy breaches.
Clicking on those fraudulent links will lead to breaching of personnel details such as your National Identity Card (NIC), driving licence, bank account details, One Time Password (OTP), workplace details.
Sometimes the links can be downloaded and install third-party mobile applications, to steal personnel details stored on mobile phones.
They also requested not to share those links with others, as they may also become victims.
Dee Friday, 29 March 2024 07:31 AM
Nothing comes free! Someone just got caught because of responding to ‘clearing charges’ for a parcel sent by whoever! Strangers don’t send people parcels, neither to they die and leave millions of $ for you! Neither do airlines give away tickets or shops dole out gift vouchers just like that! How foolish can people get?
Smh Friday, 29 March 2024 10:26 AM
Senior citizens must be informed. There are scams targeting seniors mostly and they can seem like legitimate like a bank or known party. Now scammers are using artificial intelligence to duplicate the voice of a person and trick people into clicking links and replying text messages with a Yes or No answer which gives them permission to access the victims bank account and other data.
Iwazaru Friday, 29 March 2024 12:22 PM
Do not click on any link sent you by know or unknown people unless you are sure it is from a reliable source. This applies to social media and email.
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