Justin Bieber Scam Hits Twitter, And Team Responds Fast
I guess hackers think Twitter users are a gullible bunch. They’ve just started a viral scam which promises to get Justin Bieber to follow you. But this time, the Twitter team cracked down quickly.
Sophos’ Naked Security Blog reports that the Justin Bieber scam hit Twitter last night, but by this morning it looks like it’s been all cleaned up.
The scam involved a Twitter bot tweeting to anyone who mentioned Justin Bieber (and there are dozens of tweets about him every minute), offering to get him to follow them – all they’d have to do was click an included link and do a short little IQ test.
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