Matthew Perry's Twitter account hacked by cryptocurrency scammers
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Matthew Perry's official Twitter account was hijacked by scammers this week who attempted to solicit donations from well-meaning fans of the much-loved late actor.

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.

        • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
          22·
          9 months ago

          Fair point, I did my own research and came to the same conclusion and have been active in the Monero community. However, don’t take my word for it, do the reading yourself, and I think you will come to the same conclusion. The article mentioned zcash too which is not private as they are willing to change their code to stay complient with governmyth surveillance demands and therefore have no ethos. monero was just delisted from binance a few days ago because the community refused to comply with demands to hurt user privacy. This IMO shows backbone.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            Having to do this sort of research just to discover which crypto currency you can’t actually know for sure that a nation state can’t watch but it seems like it might not seems like crypto currency isn’t the best way to guarantee anonymity compared to, say, a suitcase full of cash.

            • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
              13·
              9 months ago

              And suitcases full of cash are great, until such time that cash is completely eliminated, which it is well on its way to being, and until you need to leave your country in a hurry, such as Cuba or Venezuela, for example, and are not allowed to carry cash across the border with you. With Crypto, you only have to remember between 12 and 25 words, and you can take your money anywhere on the planet in your brain.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                No, with crypto, you have to do a bunch of research and hope that research leads you to the right one and hope that what you’ve read about that one is really true.

                And the “do a bunch of research” part is a huge first hurdle. One I’m not quite sure why you can’t see as a hurdle.

                • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
                  12·
                  9 months ago

                  If you are not willing to learn, you should not be in the space at all. You and or somebody you trust needs to do the research. Otherwise, you’re just shooting blindfolded and praying, and that’s no way to live.