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Late Actor Matthew Perry's Twitter Hacked: Fake Charity Plea Targets Fans with Cryptocurrency Scam (www.bitdefender.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Squire1039@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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 71 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 63 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Why isn't his account archive?

[–] lookorex@lemmy.world 67 points 8 months ago

They probably fired the people responsible for doing that

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 8 months ago

It's musk running the scam.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 48 points 8 months ago (21 children)

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

[–] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Crypto IS the scam.

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[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Could I be receiving anymore bitcoin??

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

Could I be anymore hacked?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 42 points 8 months ago (58 children)

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

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's like Chai Tea

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Weird that they wouldn't either delete the account or memorialize it thereby removing the ability to log in or create posts.

But hey! It's Twitter, the worst managed social media platform on the internet!

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