August 25, 2011 | Robert Siciliano | Brand and Trademark Protection, Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management
Comments Off on Paul Krugman,Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times Hacked
Paul Krugman is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times and writes that his social media identity was stolen on Google+. He writes in the Times: “Well, this is interesting. I hear that the not-so-good people at National Review are attacking me over something I said on my Google+ page. Except, I don’t have […]
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Tags: google, google plus, Paul Krugman, social media identity theft, The New York Times
May 20, 2011 | Robert Siciliano | Brand and Trademark Protection, Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on Teachers Social Media Identity Stolen on Twitter
In Panama City Florida a local and respected teachers’ identity was used to create a fake Twitter profile which spouted off derogatory comments about autistic students. The teacher works with special needs students and had no idea this was going on until she was informed by officials questioning her and the profile.
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Tags: Florida, Identity Theft, Panama City, Social Media, social media identity theft, teacher, Twitter
September 15, 2010 | Barry Wise | Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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It was recently reported that the state of Israel purchased the Twitter username @Israel from a private individual named Israel Meléndez for an undisclosed sum, which by some reports may be as much as six figures. You read that right – the Nation of Israel paid for a Twitter username from some guy that runs a porn site in Miami. He gave the prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu his password, and then they handed him a check.
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Tags: brand protection, brandjacking, cybersquatting, israel, Israel Melendez, selling usernames, trademark protection, Twitter
September 13, 2010 | Barry Wise | Brand and Trademark Protection, Domain Names, Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on The New Threat of Typosquatting (Misspelled Brands) in Social Media
A recent tweet by Andrew Nystrom of RedBull brought attention to a growing trend we’ve noticed in Social Media sites such as Twitter and Facebook — that of Typosquatting. Typosquatting is a form of brandjacking/cybersquatting in which someone registers the misspelling of a brand or trademark term in an attempt to capture traffic from a legitimate well-known entity. In cases of social networks, this is done by using the misspelling of a username, such as in Justin Beiber’s case. The real @justinbieber has 5.2 million followers, but a misspelled dupe account of @justinbeiber (the i and e transposed) with zero tweets already has over 16,000 followers.
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Tags: brand protection, brandjacking, cybersquatting, Intellectual Property, Social Media, trademark, Typosquatting
August 24, 2010 | Robert Siciliano | Identity Theft, Online Reputation Management
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InformationWeek reports SB 1411, which has been approved by the California Senate and the Assembly and now awaits the signature of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, makes it a misdemeanor “to knowingly and without consent credibly impersonate another person through or on an Internet Web site or by other electronic means with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten or defraud another person.”
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Tags: california, cybersquatting, Identity Theft, Social Media
May 25, 2010 | Robert Siciliano | Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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What BP has done isn’t funny. The Wall Street Journal reports a Twitter user with an account dubbed BPGlobalPR is posting satirical entries about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — and already has more than twice as many followers as BP America’s actual account. I’m sure BP doesn’t think its “satirical” or funny.
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Tags: bp, Identity Theft, satirical account, Social Media, Twitter
January 5, 2010 | Ian Lurie | Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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I wish I was exaggerating. But Google real time search will be the biggest online reputation management (ORM) nightmare of 2010. They make it so damned easy.
I’m going to show you how it works. This isn’t earth shattering. All the bad people out there have figured it out. But you need to know so you can defend yourself (somehow):
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Tags: google search results, ian lurie, Online Reputation Management, orm, portent interactive, realtime search, Social Media, Twitter
December 16, 2009 | Rhea Drysdale | Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on Do-It-Yourself Reputation Management
Whether you’re ready to embrace it or not, social media is changing the way we communicate and make decisions. Today’s technology has impacted our daily lives and routines in a big way. If you don’t wake up to Facebook, you probably know someone who does. And good luck trying to escape the world of Twitter – it’s even invaded the nightly news.
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Tags: diy, guest post, Online Reputation Management, orm, outspoken media
April 30, 2009 | Barry Wise | KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
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Do you know who it is you’re actually following on Twitter? Facebook? MySpace? Due to the recent explosion of interest in Twitter, thanks in no small part to Ashton (@aplusk) and Oprah (@oprah), celebrities and regular folk are flocking to Twitter. But how do you know if the person you’re following is actually a celebrity, and not just regular folk? You can’t, and Twitter is still very quiet about any plans to stop Twitterjacking: the act of impersonating someone else on Twitter.
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Tags: facebook, knowem, myspace, Online Reputation Management, orm, Social Media, social media identity theft, streko, Twitter, twitterjacking, username check
April 27, 2009 | Barry Wise | KnowEm News, Online Reputation Management, Social Media
Comments Off on Why Would You Want Your Brand Name Registered On 120 Social Media Sites?
Lately I’ve noticed a lot of people are asking this question about the KnowEm Username Check service. KnowEm was recently reviewed by a columnist in the Washington Post (he did a good job; the article is worth reading), and several users’ responses to the article raise this very question.
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Tags: automated signup, check usernames, commercial service, knowem, review, Social Media, username check, washington post, websites
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