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Target’s Twitter Account Targeted by Crypto Hackers

Published 11/14/2018, 01:53 PM
Updated 11/14/2018, 03:00 PM
© Reuters.   Target’s Twitter Account Targeted by Crypto Hackers

The official Twitter account of the department store chain Target (NYSE:TGT) was hacked by crypto scammers and promoted a fake Bitcoin giveaway to its 1.92 million followers. The hackers were able to share a tweet which was then approved as an ad by Twitter during the brief time the scammers had access to the account. Screenshots of the tweet clearly show the word “promoted”, which indicates the scam made it past Twitter’s vetting team.

“Early this morning, Target’s Twitter account was inappropriately accessed,” said Target in a statement to The Verge. “The access lasted for approximately half an hour and one fake tweet was posted during that time...


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