Phishing email may have caused hack of Bosque County rescue’s Facebook page
July 11, 2024 – Published on KCEN-TV 6 News Central TX
Nonprofit Bosque Animal Rescue Kennels (BARK) still doesn’t have access to their Facebook account after it was hacked on July 5.
6 News talked with a member of BARK to find out how they are coping with losing one of their main platforms and how the effort has been to get it back in their possession.
“It was a shock and it’s been a headache to say the least,” said Jenny Luper, the kennel director for BARK. “We’ve had probably over 200 people report the post and report our page, and we’ve all gotten the same response back stating that it’s not against community guidelines.”
Luper isn’t 100 percent sure how the hacking happened, however, she has a theory that it stemmed from a phishing email BARK received that was designed to look like Petfinder.
It’s an example of why Cyber Security Strategist Paul Keener with GuidePoint Security recommends double checking when making donations or clicking on links on social media.
“I’ve come to realize more so that there’s no pass for human kindness, and a willingness to help and that’s what attackers actually take advantage of,” Keener said. “That’s what social engineering, which is the phishing and SMS attacks and email, that’s what that actually takes advantage of.”
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