Fortifying Social Content Ecosystems: Proactive Defense Against Data Exfiltration & Account Manipulation

01 Summary

Company：

A Global Leading E-commerce Platform

Industry：

Social Media

Use Case：

Business fraud prevention

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Key Results

Monthly Risk Alerts	100+ alerts per month
Annual Cost Savings	$200,000+ saved annually
Risk Response Speed	Real-time (minute-level response)
Risk Detection Coverage	From internal defense → real-time visibility into the global fraud ecosystem
Detection Accuracy	70%+ improvement in detection accuracy
Business Impact	Effectively mitigated store fraud, account trading, and data leaks—significantly reducing fraud-related losses and brand risk.

02 Background & Challenges

In a content-driven ecosystem, data scraping, account farming, and credential leaks are constant threats. A single crawler plugin distributed on the dark web can extract tens of thousands of user records in hours, posing massive security and compliance risks.

03 Threat Hunter's Solution

Beyond risk monitoring, Threat Hunter focuses on the fraud toolchain itself—analyzing abuse tools, tracing data leaks, and providing tactical intelligence. We also offer on-site support during critical operations or peak periods, ensuring instant response to emerging threats

3.1 Highlighted Cases

• Crawler Attack Neutralized: We discovered a tool named “XX Scraper” actively harvesting user posts and comments via exposed APIs. We traced attack IPs and mapped the entire toolchain. The client shut down vulnerable APIs immediately, preventing a large-scale data breach.

• Phone Number Leak Investigation: We identified a Telegram group selling databases that linked user UIDs to phone numbers. Working with the client, we traced the issue to a third-party API permissions misconfiguration. The vulnerability was fully patched within 48 hours, cutting off the black-market supply chain.

3.2 Key Outcomes

• 200+ High-Risk Incidents Detected and Resolved

• 30+ Fraud Tools Reverse-Engineered

• From Reactive Incident Response to 24/7 Proactive Defense

  • Deployed a real-time data breach monitoring system.

  • Built a fraud tool and attack infrastructure intelligence database.

  • Reduced compliance risks significantly while enhancing global data security posture.

  • Cut internal security operations load by 70%, enabling the team to focus on strategic tasks.