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The growing popularity of the social network has caused a wave of criminal actions to steal users' cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency scammers began to appear on the BlueSky social network, which recently surpassed the mark of 21 million users. According to BleepingComputer, cybercriminals publish fake posts using the name of well-known brands to promote dubious crypto assets.
Among the detected posts, publications with images of Mark Zuckerberg and advertisements for MetaChain and MetaCoin crypto assets, which create false associations with the Meta* corporation and its concept of the metaverse, stand out. MetaChain website[.]Cash, listed in the posts, mimics the company's brand style, including fonts and designs, misleading users.
Fraudulent post and fake website (BleepingComputer)
Other publications promised "$900,000 in bitcoins," redirecting users to the site "cryptos-satoshi.github[.]io, which is currently unavailable. In the comments, BlueSky users expressed disappointment, noting that fraudulent schemes have reached this platform as well.
In one case, the post also used snippets of videos from popular TV shows, such as Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and included hashtags #musk #tesla #blockchain to increase engagement.
BlueSky reports a sharp increase in the number of complaints. Over the past day, the platform has received over 42,000 complaints, which was a record figure. On average, about 3,000 complaints are received per hour. The BlueSky team confirmed that the growth of the platform's audience led to an increase in the activity of spammers and scammers. In response, moderation was strengthened, and users were invited to report dubious posts through a special menu.
BlueSky is based on the decentralized AT protocol, which allows users to create their own servers and manage content independently. This gives you more freedom and control over your data, but it also creates unique challenges. For example, fraudsters can run their BlueSky servers to promote suspicious schemes by bypassing the moderation of the main "bsky.app" server.
Some of the scam posts were hosted on BlueSky's third-party servers, such as Subium. Posts interact with the main platform, which increases their visibility. In addition, such posts can be indexed by search engines, increasing the ranking of fraudulent sites in search results.
BlueSky's decentralized structure requires new approaches to moderation and anti-fraud. The platform is actively working to strengthen control, but the peculiarities of the architecture of the AT protocol create additional difficulties. As BlueSky grows in popularity, the need for effective user protection mechanisms becomes more acute.
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Cryptocurrency scammers began to appear on the BlueSky social network, which recently surpassed the mark of 21 million users. According to BleepingComputer, cybercriminals publish fake posts using the name of well-known brands to promote dubious crypto assets.
Among the detected posts, publications with images of Mark Zuckerberg and advertisements for MetaChain and MetaCoin crypto assets, which create false associations with the Meta* corporation and its concept of the metaverse, stand out. MetaChain website[.]Cash, listed in the posts, mimics the company's brand style, including fonts and designs, misleading users.
Fraudulent post and fake website (BleepingComputer)
Other publications promised "$900,000 in bitcoins," redirecting users to the site "cryptos-satoshi.github[.]io, which is currently unavailable. In the comments, BlueSky users expressed disappointment, noting that fraudulent schemes have reached this platform as well.
In one case, the post also used snippets of videos from popular TV shows, such as Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and included hashtags #musk #tesla #blockchain to increase engagement.
BlueSky reports a sharp increase in the number of complaints. Over the past day, the platform has received over 42,000 complaints, which was a record figure. On average, about 3,000 complaints are received per hour. The BlueSky team confirmed that the growth of the platform's audience led to an increase in the activity of spammers and scammers. In response, moderation was strengthened, and users were invited to report dubious posts through a special menu.
BlueSky is based on the decentralized AT protocol, which allows users to create their own servers and manage content independently. This gives you more freedom and control over your data, but it also creates unique challenges. For example, fraudsters can run their BlueSky servers to promote suspicious schemes by bypassing the moderation of the main "bsky.app" server.
Some of the scam posts were hosted on BlueSky's third-party servers, such as Subium. Posts interact with the main platform, which increases their visibility. In addition, such posts can be indexed by search engines, increasing the ranking of fraudulent sites in search results.
BlueSky's decentralized structure requires new approaches to moderation and anti-fraud. The platform is actively working to strengthen control, but the peculiarities of the architecture of the AT protocol create additional difficulties. As BlueSky grows in popularity, the need for effective user protection mechanisms becomes more acute.
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