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Late Actor Matthew Perry's Twitter Hacked: Fake Charity Plea Targets Fans with Cryptocurrency Scam (www.bitdefender.com)

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Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry's Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.

The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.

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[-] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 72 points 8 months ago

let's just connect everyone's computers so they can talk to each other, it will be cool

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 62 points 8 months ago

Why isn't his account archive?

[-] lookorex@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago

They probably fired the people responsible for doing that

[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 8 months ago

It's musk running the scam.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Musk

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 52 points 8 months ago

Lol, isn't "cryptocurrency scam" a little repetitive?

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

It's like Chai Tea

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

To be fair, it makes sense for chai tea to be made explicit from unspiced black tea while still letting people unfamiliar with it know that it's tea. Cryptocurrency not so much.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I would like to know more

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

About chai? It's got lovely Indian spices and works very well as a latte.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

The fact that people are still saying things like this about crypto—even after ETF approval—is proof that it's still early. By the time the average person realizes what's been going on with Bitcoin, it'll be too late for you.

I've already tripled my initial investment from a year ago, and we're just only getting started.

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 8 months ago

I don't care about the environment because line go up

FIFY

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Then invest in ETH instead. It uses proof of stake instead of proof of work.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 15 points 8 months ago

You are proof that the only people interested in crypto do it to try and become rich.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Well obviously. Why bother elsewise?

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

You see no problem with a proof of stake '''currency'''?

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

None whatsoever. I'm staking ETH right now. It's free money.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Lol ok.

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

So let's create a shit ton of ewaste destroying SSD's?

[-] banghida@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Unregistered security token.

[-] isles@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 8 months ago

Sure

Not like we still get daily updates on here: https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 8 months ago

Just so you know, one of the most common tactics in a scam is to convince the target that they must "act fast or the opportunity will be over!"

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 49 points 8 months ago

Crypto being used for scams? Say it ain't so!

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago

Could I be receiving anymore bitcoin??

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Could I be anymore hacked?

[-] Sprokes@jlai.lu 5 points 8 months ago

Every celebrity/rich has a foundation. And they make you believe that they do it to help the poor.

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