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04/21/2020
FBI warns popular social media trends could lead to fraud
WCT6 News
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - While posting your high school senior picture or photos of your first car on Facebook may seem like a fun idea, the FBI wants to warn the public that posting this kind of information could led to fraud.
The FBI Charlotte said Monday that these kind of social media trends can reveal answers to very common password retrieval security questions.
This personal information could be used to reset account passwords and gain access to once-protected data and accounts.
“The high school support photo trend encourages users to share their high school photo to support the class of 2020,” the FBI Charlotte said in a news release. "Many people are including the name of their schools and mascots, and their graduation years. All three are answers to common password retrieval security questions.
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