Breaches of social media imposing serious threat!

The increase in social media users, the security of the user accounts has become challenging since the breaches of social media are compromising data which is used in a variety of different ways. In the first half of this year, more than 4.5 billion data records were hacked worldwide in 945 separate attacks. In such assaults, only six hacks in social media exposed more than 56 percent of the 4.5 billion data records. Moreover, Facebook revealed that a security breach triggered by a flaw, allowed hackers to get access to tokens that they could then use to break into accounts affected at least 50 million users. The scenario turned out to be very serious and many businesses have their own social media platforms used for customer support and marketing. Such accounts are also operated by personnel or external entities that may render them more vulnerable to breaches. Even though social media users cannot avoid a violation of social media that is in the hands of the social media networks themselves, companies could save themselves from data breaches by providing minimal information to social networks. Furthermore, it is important for employees to understand what sort of data is needed to behold up in media channels, and it is better to avoid any unnecessary information from being uploaded to the channels.

For more information on social media breaches and the necessary actions to be taken please read the article on the link provided.

https://www.highlandrisk.com/keeping-social-media-secure-in-the-age-of-data-breaches/