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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paul A. R. Frank, Berlin, DE;

Martin G. Keen, Cary, NC (US);

Hernan A. Cunico, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Adam Smye-Rumsby, Reading, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods for detecting a compromised social media account are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, social media content corresponding to a plurality of social media accounts; determining, by the computing device, a plurality of affinity groups, each including two or more social media accounts from the plurality of social media accounts, based upon the received social media content; determining, by the computing device, whether or not a particular social media account of the plurality of social media accounts is compromised using the received social media content and the determined plurality of affinity groups; and in response to determining that the particular social media account is compromised, the computing device providing a notification indicating that the particular social media account is compromised.


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