Spammers show they give a fig about Instagram, launch fruit-based attack

Instagram went bananas Saturday. A company representative confirmed in an e-mail today that the photo-sharing network had been hit by a spam attack — an attack, we might add, that was perhaps a bit more colorful than usual. It seems the photo-sharing network became flooded with photos of fruit, which were accompanied by a link to a marketing page for a fruit-based diet regimen. Om Malik over at blog Giga Om reported on the smootie-ization of Instagram earlier, saying the link pointed to a bogus BBC News page with the headline “Tropical Fruit Burns 17 Pounds in 22 Days. Exclusive Offer…

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