Twitter cryptocurrency scammers have claimed their largest prey ever: hackers briefly hijacked the official account of American retail behemoth Target to push malicious Bitcoin BTC giveaway links to its almost two million followers
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The fraudsters had encouraged Target Coproration’s over 2 million Twitter followers to send a small amount of digital currency to them - in order to enroll in a 5,000 BTC giveaway, an amount valued at about $30 million. As it always goes, instead of giving away cryptocurrency, the scammers merely leave naive investors with empty pockets.
Although the tweet has now been deleted, it’s worth noting that large social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter have not responded effectively - in order to prevent exploitative activity carried out by numerous malicious entities.
It remains unclear how successful the attack was, but the Bitcoin address associated with the malicious giveaway links has received only a handful of small transactions today.
Sejumlah kecil crypto mungkin juga telah dikirim ke alamat yang disediakan oleh scammers sendiri - untuk membuatnya tampak seolah-olah itu adalah promosi yang sah.
For the record, this is the latest in a string of organized campaigns targeting verified accounts to spread cryptocurrency scams.
On November 12th, the official Twitter account of CapGemini (Australia), a large consulting firm, was hacked, and was also being used to promote a fake giveaway. The scammers had been posing as Tesla founder and billionaire investor, Elon Musk.
Similar to how most of these types of scams are carried out, the fraudsters had been telling users to send small crypto payments to supplied addresses in order to enroll in a 10,000 BTC ($60 million) giveaway.
Just yesterday, hackers breached the accounts of US and Israeli politicians, as well as the official account of the Indian Consulate in Frankfurt, to dupe naive enthusiasts into sending them money.
