The Federal Bureau of Investigation is sounding the alarm.
Despite sounding like some innocuous TikTok trend, the FBI is issuing a stern warning — and some directives — to Americans about waves of “smishing” attacks that are targeting swaths of people.
Multiple outlets are reporting that the FBI has issued a fresh, new warning about “smishing,” after having first identified the problem in March of 2024.
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“Smishing” is a combination of the cybersecurity term “phishing” and “SMS,” or “short message service,” which is akin to standard text messaging.
According to Newsweek, this new wave of “smishing” has already “exploited more than 10,000 newly registered domains, using fake payment demands to steal personal and financial information.”
These “smishing” messages will typically all follow the same “script,”
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