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Extortionists target restaurants, demand money to take down bad reviews

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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:51:46 +0000

We take a look at reports of organised review bombing, leading to extortion threats to get the negative ratings removed.

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Security Sophos 

Fake-review purge: Facebook boots 188 groups, eBay bans 140 shills

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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:06:00 +0000

After a poke from the UK’s watchdog, the companies promised to beef up filters to strain out those who write, buy and sell fluffy nonsense.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7xU4phR6tX8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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