Multi - user accounts at Pinterest were abused by one spam campaign promoting weight loss products and giveaways. The representatives of histoσελίδαs report that they are aware of spam and that they are taking steps to stop it.
Η expert Hermione Way was among the first to report that her account was violated and abusively published hundreds of women's images before and after a diet, as well as links that promoted gifts.
In spam you can read something like this: "I could not believe it when I lost 6 lbs" (pounds = unit of weight of the English measurement system), "I lost 10 lbs in the first two weeks", "Seriously the best thing I have never tried ”or“ I was amazed when it really worked and I lost 14 lbs ”
"Our systems were on alert for some spam incidents last night. These violations did not take place on a large scale. We started working on clearing and making the accounts safe. The accounts have since been secured, "Pinterest representatives told TechCrunch .
Η company advises users to use a single and at the same time very strong password to protect their accounts from such attacks.
The Daily Mail states that the spam campaign is not the result of a website problem. Instead, spammers violated several websites that had the “Pin this” host button and replaced the legitimate button code with their own. When victims clicked the “Pin this” button on these compromised websites, they sent data to the spammers.
This is a pretty clever trick of spammers who by the same logic could get information about accounts on facebook, twitter etc. Like any major social networking service, Pinterest struggles to keep out spammers, but the task is not easy. This is why users should always be careful when surfing the internet to avoid websites that "smell" fraudulent or lack security.