It’s Time Twitter Cleaned Up The #Phishing Ads
I’ve just written this. I’m passionate about Twitter - always have been. I love how it is tackling fake accounts and hoping to reduce the amount of extremism online. But these adverts should be a priority.
link.medium.com/gCqRV3BVAR
I’ve just written this. I’m passionate about Twitter - always have been. I love how it is tackling fake accounts and hoping to reduce the amount of extremism online. But these adverts should be a priority.
link.medium.com/gCqRV3BVAR
Today’s scam has roped in @patheuk, @swansladies, @sarahscoop, @angola2411, @bookmyshow_sup - last time it was @monsterjobs, @GeoffroyDidier, @wsu_womensgolf, @CarteNoireUK and @rpsgmavericks - all without their knowledge and all trying to scam people out of their #bitcoin.
Each of the accounts used in the scams are @verified and, last time this happened, I copied in @TwitterSupport so they knew it was happening. It looks like it takes about 30 mins-1 hour to take down these scams but that is long and the damage to innocent accounts lasts longer.
To me, because of the format of the scam and hijacking, it looks like a compromised app - it shouldn’t be hard to find out if that is the case.
#security
#security
Come on @Jack and @TwitterSupport! We know you are doing great work making Twitter even better and shutting down extremists and bullies. How about focusing some of that great energy on stopping #scam ads before they appear?
