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Author Topic: vast sophisticated Twitter bot accounts promoting crypto fraud discovered  (Read 134 times)
Jamesp2k (OP)
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August 07, 2018, 11:39:57 PM
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Two security researchers at Duo Security who were studying Twitter automation patterns, stumbled upon a vast network of Twitter bot accounts promoting crypto fraud. The sophisticated network was accidentally discovered while the researchers were looking into how to create a methodology for accurately identifying Twitter bot.

https://btcmanager.com/security-researchers-discover-sophisticated-twitter-crypto-botnet/

I see free Ethereum give away most time I am on twitter even from prominent figures. I kept wondering why people could fall for such scam. Are these people dumb? Hope I am speaking the mind of a lot here
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August 16, 2018, 07:24:02 AM
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yes, according to the article, its nearly 2000 bots.
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