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- UK attacks, Phishing & scams
There must have been red faces in the social media department of Ireland's police headquarters after two of its accounts were hijacked this week. The official @GardaInfo and @GardaTraffic Twitter accounts of Garda Síochána were accessed by an unauthorised third party who posted cryptocurrency-related messages on Wednesday evening, potentially reaching hundreds of thousands of users. The messages claimed that followers were eligible to claim free cryptocurrency through an airdrop. However, vict…
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