A STRAIGHT-A student masterminded a coronavirus scam to steal victims’ bank details and then shared them on WhatsApp. Mohammed Khan, 20, sent thousands of bogus texts and emails inviting victims to fill in their bank details in exchange for “a Covid-19 tax break”. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates…
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Global information and insights company TransUnion has warned South Africans to be on their guard against coronavirus-related scams, with criminals taking advantage of the increased number of people looking for information about the disease to defraud them or steal their personal details. Kriben Reddy, vice president of TransUnion Africa’s consumer division, said cybercriminals were exploiting…
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Posted by Jason Cartwright on July 16, 2020 Right now a major security event is occurring on Twitter with the major, verified accounts on the service being used to propegate a Bitcoin scame. So far we know the list of accounts to be: Elon MuskBill GatesJeff BezosKanye WestMike BloombergJoe BidenUberAppleCashApp BinanceAt first you’d think the…
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. Lawmakers have sparred over whether a now-reversed change to auto-suggestions on Twitter had unfairly hurt Democrats or Republicans more. Dorsey isn’t saying which, but tells lawmakers he’ll follow up. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)If you…
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What just happened? We’ve seen hackers take over verified Twitter accounts in the past, but yesterday saw an attack that was unprecedented in scale. A number of high-profile users, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Apple, Bill Gates, Kanye West, and Jeff Bezos, had their profiles hijacked by apparent crypto scammers. Now, Twitter says the incident…
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Prominent Twitter accounts suddenly get hacked to promote a bitcoin scam, a recap of day three of ITWC’s Digital Transformation Week, and Google’s new certification programs.It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Thursday, July 16, and I’m your host, Baneet Braich.Elon Musk and Bill Gates had their Twitter…
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Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk tweeting out a cryptocurrency scam. Twitter Support tweeted that the posts soliciting cryptocurrency payments were part of a “coordinated social engineering attack” that successfully targeted Twitter employees with access to internal systems and tools. “We know they used this access to take control of…
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Twitter is investigating a massive hack in which high-profile users from Elon Musk to Joe Biden had their accounts hijacked by scammers who the social network believes targeted its employees to gain access to internal systems. Posts trying to dupe people into sending hackers the cryptocurrency Bitcoin were tweeted by the official accounts of Apple,…
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Shroud just confirmed his long-anticipated return to Twitch. The streamer had moved to Mixer after signing an incredibly lucrative exclusive deal. Fan delight that Shroud is “coming home” shows why it’s so difficult to create a new Twitch rival. Ridiculously popular streamer Shroud just confirmed what we’d long expected. “I’m coming home,” he tweeted Tuesday…
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Logan Paul was a Twitter trending topic earlier today. He secured another 15 minutes in the spotlight after challenging influencers to a wrestling match. Amid a pandemic, the absolute last thing anyone needs is full contact with a YouTube “star” desperate for any shred of relevance. Logan Paul proved definitively that douchebaggery runs in the…
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