Social media users warned over fake terror attack scam

Social media users are being warned of a hoax scam which spreads fake terror news to trick victims into disclosing their Facebook details.

ESET Ireland said Facebook users in the Czech Republic had been targeted with a fake news report on a “deadly attack in Prague”. Soon after the Facebook scam was made public in the Czech media, the scammers turned their attention to Slovakia and duplicated the scam to find new victims.

“From what we have learned about this campaign, the attack may be designed to continue in other countries,” warned Luká?s ?Stefanko, a malware researcher at ESET.