Hackers target major UK supermarket’s Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam

Hackers target major UK supermarket’s Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam
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2019-6-25 19:32

Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers.

  According to Bleeping Computer, the tweet was sent from Tesco’s official account, which boasts over 500,000 followers.   Hackers also decided to retweet and impersonate Bill Gates, changing the supermarket’s Twitter handle to @Billgatesmsc, and replacing the account’s original profile picture to that of the tech magnate. All the…

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