Cybercriminals attacking Instagram users this time

David Artykov
Purple Team
Published in
3 min readJan 5, 2022

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Copyright violation warnings have been used as an enticement in phishing attacks by cybercriminals. Sophos discovered cybercriminals attacking Instagram users this time.

If you have ever posted a picture that wasn’t yours on Instagram in an attempt to acquire more followers. If that’s the case, a message like the one below can intimidate you into acting.

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