About Phishing That Makes Twitter Account @mazzini_giusepe Disappear

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JAKARTA - Saddam Husein, who is a celebrity activist of history, had to bite his fingers after his Twitter account @mazzini_giusepe disappeared due to irresponsible hackers. He suddenly couldn't access the account with as many as 104 thousand followers.

If you don't know Saddam, he is a celebrity whose Twitter account talks a lot about history. In fact, his account has been discussed by many people when discussing the matter of Prambanan Temple because it is considered to provide new knowledge.

"Anjaay Bondowoso wins the tender according to the legend. But if the original Prambanan Temple was built by Raja Rakai Pikatan from Ancient Mataram. It was built 850 AD and worked for years, not all the same. The purpose was built to honor Lord Shiva," wrote Saddam through account @mazzini_giusepe on Monday, February 3rd.

Saddam later told us that his account had changed hands because it was likely that the e-mail or password he used had been changed by hackers. He realized that his account had been hacked since Friday, February 7, at 22.30 WIB.

"I can't (access), filling in a hacked form on Twitter is also not possible. Log in using username, e-mail, cellphone doesn't work, says Twitter doesn't match. So it's hard for me to fill out the hacked form. That was replaced by them too, "he said regarding his account which suddenly became inaccessible, Sunday, February 9.

"If someone calls for cooperation, submits any endorsement on my behalf, it is not me, then just ignore it," he added.

Capture the Instastory screen of one of the followers of the @mazzini_giusepe account

In fact, the phenomenon of phishing or taking over someone else's account with a specific purpose is nothing new. Reporting from techtarget, phishing is a fraud in which hackers impersonate other parties. The way hackers do phishing is by sending a link that asks for account information from the victim.

To avoid phishing, there are several ways you can do:

1. Maintain secure account access

Always maintain safe access by directly accessing the official social media sites or even when downloading applications. Don't forget to always keep your password safe and don't tell anyone. Use a password with a specific code to make it more secret and difficult for others to understand.

In addition, read every incoming e-mail carefully. Do not just click or visit the site carelessly. Because it could be that the link that you press is made by hackers to perform phishing techniques.

2. Avoid bids that are not clear

Be suspicious of any unclear offers or advertisements in anticipation of fraud. Do not just visit sites that are not clear, because phishers will pretend to be trusted websites and imitate other websites.

Not only that, pay attention to the websites you visit if there is something strange, immediately get out of the account.

3. Download the security patch

Personal data theft often occurs because of the weak security implemented in the software. So it is important to have a sophisticated and reliable antivirus when accessing a website.