A new phishing attack by hackers has intensified since Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, announced an $8 monthly fee for something like a blue tick in users’ accounts.
Musk says a “blue tick” on the microblogging platform will cost you about $8 per month. The richest man in the world noted in a tweet that the nation had reduced the $8 monthly fee in keeping with everyone’s purchasing power parity.
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On Twitter, a blue check mark next to a user name indicates that the company has verified that the account belongs to the individual or business claiming it.
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Most users of Twitter currently enjoy the free service.
Twitter was recently bought by billionaire Musk for $44 billion.
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The unveiling of Twitter’s new verification rules has become a security risk for users.
According to the most recent update, the ongoing verification chaos is now a cybersecurity concern, according to TechCrunch editor Zack Whittaker.
“Twitter’s ongoing verification chaos is now a cybersecurity problem. It looks like some people (including in our newsroom) are getting simple phishing emails trying to trick people into turning over their Twitter credentials,” Zack Whittaker wrote in a tweet.
The phishing emails, according to TechCrunch, aim to trick Twitter users into providing their usernames and passwords on a website linked to the attacker that is set up to look like a Twitter support form.
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Don’t lose your verified status, said the email that the TechCrunch editor received, with the subject “Twitter Warning.”
Don’t lose your free verified status, reads the subject line of the emails with a nefarious tone.
The wealthiest billionaire has also taken a CEO post on Twitter.
In a filing on Monday, the CEO of Tesla Inc. revealed that he would take up Parag Agrawal’s position as CEO of Twitter. Just one day before, Musk said he was clueless about the name of the Twitter CEO.
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