Late Actor Matthew Perry's Twitter Hacked: Fake Charity Plea Targets Fans with Cryptocurrency Scam
bitdefender.com
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.
let's just connect everyone's computers so they can talk to each other, it will be cool
Why isn't his account archive?
They probably fired the people responsible for doing that
It's musk running the scam.
Musk
Crypto being used for scams? Say it ain't so!
Crypto IS the scam.
Nope, ~1% if crypto is illegal use. The other 99% is perfectly above board. Cryptocurrency IS currency and so will be used for illegal activity just like every other currency
Sure, not like 72 billion has been used in scams or anything.
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
"Overall, the share of all cryptocurrency activity associated with illicit activity has risen for the first time since 2019, from 0.12% in 2021 to 0.24% in 2022. [2]"
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2023-crypto-crime-report-introduction/
Biggest scams are done in USD. The big part of not falling for a scam is doing your due diligence and people are adults and should be treated as such.
That's because USD is widely used.
Crypto isn't widely used and it still has scams worth millions. Cryptwats are 🤡🤡🤡
*billions
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
At most a couple thousand. Ive been using crypto for ~10 years now and by doing my homework and not jumping on hype trains have not been scammed.
I haven't yet sent my life savings to a Nigerian prince, so there are no scams.
Scams absolutely exist, but in most cases they are easily identified or obvious hype trains
You haven't done your research it seems.
Clearly, you are wearing rose tinted glasses.
You are right. I acknowledged that here and corrected myself. https://monero.town/comment/3661141
No, literally 72.317 billion at this point.
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
It all gets neatly documented.
I wasn't measuring in fiat when I said a couple of thousand. however, i was also using inaccurate numbers so my fault. Using those numbers 73000000000/50000 = 1460000
You've admitted that you need to be cautious when using crypto because you buy the wrong one and you loose everything.
That little fact alone makes it fucking useless to the average person. FTX conned lots of people, celsius.
Seriously you're just pissing in the wind and ya wonder why you're getting wet
STOP PISSING IN THE FUCKING WIND!
WE DON'T CARE!
Buy the real ones, bitcoin, ethereum, monero. Second tire like litecoin are okay, but not as good. Stablecoins are not real crypto since they are managed by companies and can be revoked or frozen.
What is the point of cryptocurrency if someone like you has to tell other people which ones are the good ones?
In my view, the point is that everything will be tried, and lots will fail. But some will succeed, and those will become the things people go to. Another point is that most cryptocurrencies are either deflationary or inflationary, but controlled very strictly by code, and therefore runaway inflation will not happen. So there will be no more million dollars in Bobway bills, or Venice Waylas, or Argentina's, or whatever, with hundreds and thousands of percent of inflation per year. Separation of money and state is something we should strive for because the state will no longer be able to fund endless wars and prosecution against innocent people. The way they do it now is through inflation, since taxation is not popular.
Why are you assuming the successful ones won't be scams? There are lots of successful scams.
Also, taxation pays for things like roads and fire departments. It ensures meat and medications are inspected and not tainted. It enables enforcement of environmental regulations.
I know the whole libertarian 'taxes are evil' thing is something you guys believe, but it is not actually the case and there has never been a nation where there is no taxation in the history of currency.
Also, 93% of Americans think it is your patriotic duty to pay taxes. Many of them think taxes are too high, but most people think taxes are not a bad thing in general and people should pay them.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5296.pdf
Sorry, your tax-free, everything is privatized world is not something the majority of people want.
I know taxes can be used for good things. However, I would argue that in the majority of cases, taxes are nothing but a way to extract money from people and give it to a select few in government or friends of government such as Lockheed Martin. Why does everything the government uses cost so much? Because there's no competition, and very little to no need to inovate and ask how something could be done better. I dont see NASA flying reusable rockets for example. Before SpaceX launch costs were way to high because of slow design. Now a highschool can put up a cubesat if they wish. We can argue about whether they should or not, but the point is that they can, and they could not before.
The majority of cases? Really? Can you demonstrate that? Because this sure says otherwise-
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/heres-where-your-federal-income-tax-dollars-go-flna654971
First you claimed most people don't like taxes, which I showed you was false. Now you claim the majority is used for defense, which is also false.
What is CBPP? if its government its not trustworthy. Even then, defense showing as 20% means that 20% of my money is going to kill people who have never harmed me. So can I just refuse to pay 20% of my taxes? No, I can't. Because if I did, I would be thrown in a cage and made to sleep with the lights on 24/7.
My point exactly, now please stop pissing into the wind
Could I be receiving anymore bitcoin??
Could I be anymore hacked?
Lol, isn't "cryptocurrency scam" a little repetitive?
It's like Chai Tea
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.
I would like to know more
About chai? It's got lovely Indian spices and works very well as a latte.
Nope, most crypto use is legit. ~1% is illegal and such. Throwing the baby out with the bath water.
It's a ponze scheme. It always was. It may have found a niche, unregulated market, but that doesn't make it any less of a ponze scheme
It was specifically designed to be a currency and that's what people are using it for. So I guess currencies can be Ponzi schemes. The dollar sure is one.
Tell me you don't know what a ponze scheme is without telling me you don't know what a ponze scheme is.
lol at you calling bitcoin a Ponzi scheme and then saying fiat isn’t a Ponzi scheme. How ironic
Let me make sure I know my differences between a Ponzi scheme and a pyramid scheme. Because I may well be getting them confused. They sound very similar. Apparently Ponzi schemes are investing money while pyramid schemes are recruiting and making payments like a service. So yes. Money is a Ponzi scheme.
You're making an inexplicable leap of logic that still has me thinking you have no idea what you're talking about. Though I'm willing to believe you think you know what you're talking about.
So what is money ultimately? It's an abstraction that we exchange with one another as a common denominator for trades instead of me trading you 16.125 cows for a car. Therefore, with nobody to use it, a money is worthless. And so, to get people to use your money, they have to invest in it. They're by making all money a Ponzi scheme. If they already have a money, then they are investing their money for your money. And if they don't already have a money in existence, then they are investing time for your money.
Except we're not trying to convince people to buy in to money so that we can cash out. Money doesn't only increase in value by getting more people to buy in to it. I'll grant you the defined value of a dollar is nebulous, but it's not even remotely a ponzi scheme. Where crypto is, definitionally, a ponzi scheme. It sounds like you bought in to it, you probably want to cash out before you lose any more.
Meanwhile the feds continue to print money therefore devaluing it. Meanwhile you’ve been convinced that the best way to get paid is through fiat.
You haven’t the slightest clue about anything.
All currency is made up. But people who aren't fucking crazy at least trust the dollar. No one not invested in crypto already trusts it for shit
You’re talking straight out of your ass
Oh no, exactly the opposite. I want to put more in because I use it as a currency. In fact, I just bought my groceries with it today. I also pay for my insurance, cell phone bill, and several other bills every single month with it, and have been doing so for over a year now. I use it how it was meant to be used.
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.
FIFY
Then invest in ETH instead. It uses proof of stake instead of proof of work.
You are proof that the only people interested in crypto do it to try and become rich.
That user only represents some of crypto. There are others like myself who are not in it to get rich, but to maintain sovereignty in a surveillance state and dystopian world such as we are heading for.
Then you're in trouble.
You can easily be watched by police when you're using cryptocurrency, so an entire surveillance state should have no problem.
https://time.com/6239364/crypto-criminals-andy-greenberg/
Not all blockchains are public.
Fine. Which one can people be absolutely sure a nation state can't watch them use?
They mentioned it in your article. Monero.
So because the article says so, it's definitely the case?
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.
Sorry but if it is available for anyone to use its public, you can't use a blockchain currency without downloading and referencing the block chain. Something that can NOT be changed by you or I
Replace blockchain with ledger, because that is what it is. It is no more secure than using a fucking bank card.
Seriously how fucking stupid are all of you people?
Do me a favor and look up Monero Ring CT and stealth addresses. It's not totally private, but if you are one of sixteen, there is a very low chance of being identified, and the more transactions away you are, the lower the chance of being identified properly. Also, full membership proofs are in the works, which would make the possible transaction part of every other transaction on the chain up until that point. And there won't be a way to easily trace.
Edit: i did the work for you.
RingCT: https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/ringCT.html
Stealth address: https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/stealthaddress.html
Ring signatures: https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/ringsignatures.html
You assume that crypto is some "honest" and "for the people" currency system because its all documented in the blockchain, when in reality it is gamed by big banks, investors and scammers just like other financial tool where a lot of money is involved and no or insufficiant regulations are in place. If Elon tweets "you can no longer buy tesla withy bitcoin", your savings will loose a lot of value over night.
Next you're probably going to claim people who go to work just do it for the money.
Well obviously. Why bother elsewise?
You see no problem with a proof of stake '''currency'''?
None whatsoever. I'm staking ETH right now. It's free money.
Lol ok.
So let's create a shit ton of ewaste destroying SSD's?
Unregistered security token.
Sure
Not like we still get daily updates on here: https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
I can't tell whether you're a real crypto person or not. Real crypto people don't believe in ETFs because you're not holding your own keys. So it sounds like you are just in it to make more fiat, which is bullshit. But I could be wrong about you.
That's why I don't buy ETFs. Never said I did. Keep it all in a hardware wallet, only leaving enough on an exchange for day-to-day transactions.
You may need to hold any crypto at all on an exchange and not in a wallet that you control the keys to?
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!"
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!
I don’t think that’s a thing on Twitter? And not to defend Twitter, but it would be something for his estate to handle, not Twitter themselves.
Every celebrity/rich has a foundation. And they make you believe that they do it to help the poor.
He had a foundation for helping people with addiction issues. By all accounts he was very committed and proud and it helped a lot of people but you continue making generalisations and insensitive suggestions.
Celebrities and rich people are crapitalistic garbage. No? 😒
How exactly do you expect actors to make movies and TV shows and not become famous? Every show and movie has new people, most of them who can't act?
Your thinking is so interesting that I need to learn the way you think. Please answer this if you don't mind: If someone who are good at what they are doing are garbage, how do you define those that are not good at what they are doing?
As non crapitalistic monsters, just good old human beings
For me that's just envy. You define people based on what you don't get.
Dispute ANY of this:
https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/rainn-wilson