Where is this Pinterest Spam Coming From?
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I've started seeing an uptick in Twitter spam - ostensibly from my friends telling me I can make money online. The common denominator is that they all use Pinterest as a vector for spreading the spam. Looking at the accounts of people who have recently tweeted these or similar messages, shows that the majority are real people - not automated spam-bots. So how is this happening? Checking the Tweet's metadata, the tweets all appear to come from the Pinterest service. This indicates two…
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