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FBI: Hackers using social engineering to breach accounts and steal explicit content

·Source: The Record

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Leaked passwords, social engineering and spoofed social media sites are among the tools hackers are using to gather individuals' private content and sell it online, the FBI said.

Analysis

Leaked passwords, social engineering and spoofed social media sites are among the tools hackers are using to gather individuals' private content and sell it online, the FBI said.
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Originally published by The Record on Aug 12, 2026.

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