2022年11月11日

推特用戶被警告要警惕騙子利用新的推特藍色驗證徽章功能。自從推特推出“藍色推特”以來，已經出現了許多模仿名人和公司的賬號，他們都吹噓自己的賬號是合法的。帶有藍色複選框的賬戶模仿前政治家托尼·布萊爾和喬治·布什的惡搞推文在網上瘋傳，而美國製藥公司禮來公司不得不道歉，因為一個虛假的“經過驗證”的賬戶在推特上說“胰島素現在免費了”。現在，有人擔心騙子可能會使用推特藍色徽章功能冒充客戶服務賬戶，獲取人們的個人和銀行信息。然而，許多用戶報告說，他們不再獲得藍色支票的訂閱優惠。Twitter沒有就取消藍色勾號選項的建議發表評論。“一旦騙子開始竊取機票/財務信息，這就是在自找麻煩。他接著說:“惡作劇者拿走真正乘客的機票信息並取消他們的航班還有多久?或者拿走他們的信用卡信息大肆消費?“隻要發生一起重大事件，每家航空公司就會放棄推特作為客戶參與的來源。” Lesley Carhart, director of incident response at cybersecurity company Dragos Inc, warned their followers: “If I were a business offering any account, travel, or money-related support over Twitter DM, I would be removing that feature as fast as my tiny legs could carry me, and announcing it’s no longer an option for the sake of liability. They added: “About to get extremely easy by design for anyone to pretend to be your official account, and ask your customers for private data.” American public health scientist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding said: “WARNING—a ‘Twitter’ BLUE CHECKMARKED @verified account now is running a crypto scam. This is the @TwitterBlue $8 checkmark problem everyone warned Elon Musk about. “How many people are going to assume it is real by the Twitter and blue tick?” Register for free to continue reading Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events.