{"id":24412,"date":"2026-08-16T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/we-detected-unusual-activity-the-scam-that-uses-ai-to-exploit-your-holiday-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:38:40","slug":"we-detected-unusual-activity-the-scam-that-uses-ai-to-exploit-your-holiday-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/we-detected-unusual-activity-the-scam-that-uses-ai-to-exploit-your-holiday-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We detected unusual activity\u2019: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details<\/p>\n<p>You are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, you get a text saying that your card was compromised. \u201cWe detected unusual activity while you were travelling in Porto \u2013 please verify immediately,\u201d says the message.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/aug\/16\/scam-ai-holiday-photos-instagram-facebook\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e19d25c3f14c71a1833b7377ae24e10418ee1a2b\/616_0_5001_4001\/master\/5001.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c010de13ae558dead069afbb0a15c27e\" title=\"\u2018We detected unusual activity\u2019: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos\" \/>Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details<br \/>\nYou are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere.<br \/>\nA few days later, you get a text saying that your card was compromised. \u201cWe detected unusual activity while you were travelling in Porto \u2013 please verify immediately,\u201d says the message. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details You are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere. A few &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/we-detected-unusual-activity-the-scam-that-uses-ai-to-exploit-your-holiday-photos\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We detected unusual activity\u2019: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24412"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}