Cybercriminals are increasingly singling out researchers, alongside politicians and celebrities. Targeted scientists share tips on how to silence them. Facebook Email Find a new job Credit: Getty Imagine Kgomotso Mathabe’s surprise when, in January, a colleague alerted her that a video of her promoting a fake drug to treat erectile dysfunction was doing the rounds on social media. She’d done no such thing. “It was a video of me saying there’s this new drug based on research that I’ve been involved in,” says the South African urologist, who splits her time between the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria and the University of Pretoria. It was realistic enough for family friends to begin asking why they saw her face every time they went on Facebook. The video of Mathabe […]
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