redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Fraudulent social media posts and fake accounts have been use by scammers and hackers who are attempting to take advantage of public interest in the recent Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster, as well as friends and relatives still grieving at the loss of their loved ones, various media outlets reported on Monday. According to Matthew Sparkes, Deputy Head of Technology of The Telegraph, some of the “distasteful” social media accounts have been set-up using the names of child victims – including youngsters Otis, Evie and Mo Maslin of Perth, Australian, who were killed while traveling with their grandfather when the Boeing 777 they were flying on was shot down over the Ukraine last Thursday. Reports suggest there have been at least six total pages which have been created in this manner, and BBC News reporter Kevin Rawlinson, a link to a pornographic website that had been disguised as a video of the crash was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to one victim. In addition, several tweets that actually contained spam links falsely claimed to be reporting on the disaster.
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