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.

  • Wogi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • Wogi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        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.

        • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          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.

        • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          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.

          • Wogi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            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