Is Pro-XRP Attorney Promoting Fake XRP Giveaways on Twitter?
People are interested to know updates about XRP. After the partial win of XRP Against the U.S. SEC, crypto communities are excited about it. The SEC is not happy about the outcome and signals to appeal. People want to get updates on the SEC's move.
Attorney Jeremy Hogan who is well known for his pro-XRP stance tweeted to celebrate the win and start XRP giveaways. People usually follow what he tweets due to his stance on XRP. Wait. Is that a fake XRP giveaway? Yes, that's a fake giveaway to fall people into the traps.
Jeremy Hogan's Twitter account has been compromised. This is not the Attorney who made this tweet. It came from hackers who hacked his Twitter account. Lawyer and founder of Seedstarter Jesse Hynes found out about it and warned people not to click the link.
Jeremy Hogan was on vacation with his family at the time of hacking his Twitter account and promoting fake XRP giveaways. Looks like you cannot relax thinking about what's happening on your account. Hackers and scammers make this situation worse.
You react fast when you get to know something bad happened. It is not like you make some mistakes. You just become a victim. If you become a victim, you make your move to regain access to your account and minimize the loss.
Due to this incident, Attorney Jeremy Hogan's professional reputation has been affected negatively. It also impacts his personal life. Hackers do not randomly hack someone's potential victims' Twitter accounts. They plan how to launch phishing attacks after compromising accounts.
When the co-founder and CEO of Sandbox Arthur Madrid's Twitter account was compromised, hackers promoted an airdrop of SAND tokens which is the native currency of Sandbox. OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati was hacked to promote crypto airdrops.
Recently Uniswap founder Hayden Adams’ Twitter account was also hacked and then hackers tweeted fake news of Uniswap exploit and pursued users to click the link to revote immediately. It gets easier for hackers to make more people fall for scams when they tweet from real Twitter accounts.
Hope people would not fall for the fake XRP giveaways scam. Watch out and stay safe!
