Digital bodyguards can help combat criminals targeting victims through social media: expert [Video]

When it is your job to influence others, you may be preoccupied with brand deals and the number of followers to recognize your own vulnerability.

Social media influencers in Los Angeles, who earn incomes through sharing their lives online, can also be targets for burglaries and other unwanted criminal attention.

It has never been easier for thieves to track down home addresses and personal assets when influencers share their designer-clad closets and their “OOTD” (outfit of the day) with thousands, and sometimes millions, of followers. 

“If you take a look at what’s been occurring, you know what’s been evolving over the years…there are a lot of things that have changed the game,” Michael Balboni, a cybersecurity expert and former Homeland Securityofficial, told Fox News Digital. “The technology has evolved…now we have spear phishing, which is the …