{"id":10675,"date":"2013-08-19T10:11:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2013-08-19T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T15:11:30","slug":"instagram-likes-worth-more-than-stolen-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=10675","title":{"rendered":"Instagram &#8220;likes&#8221; worth more than stolen credit cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>In the latest twist, a computer virus widely used to steal credit card data, known as Zeus, has been modified to create bogus Instagram &#8220;likes&#8221; that can be used to generate buzz for a company or individual, according to cyber experts at RSA, the security division of EMC.<\/p>\n<p>These fake &#8220;likes&#8221; are sold in batches of 1,000 on hacker forums, where cybercriminals also flog credit card numbers and other information stolen from PCs. According to RSA, 1,000 Instagram &#8220;followers&#8221; can be bought for $15 and 1,000 Instagram &#8220;likes&#8221; go for $30, whereas 1,000 credit card numbers cost as little as $6.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcpro.co.uk\/news\/383680\/instagram-likes-worth-more-than-stolen-credit-cards\">Instagram &#8220;likes&#8221; worth more than stolen credit cards | News | PC Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest twist, a computer virus widely used to steal credit card data, known as Zeus, has been modified to create bogus Instagram &#8220;likes&#8221; that can be used to generate buzz for a company or individual, according to cyber &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=10675\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[247],"class_list":["post-10675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing","tag-social-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10676,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675\/revisions\/10676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}