Fake US Government Bitcoin Ban Spreading Malware on Social Media
If you're doing your usual rounds on social media, you may want to look out. There's some malware spreading via a link to a story that says the United States Government is banning bitcoin, as reported by security firm Malwarebytes. Obviously, the story isn't true, but that won't stop curious people from clicking on the links. The shortened link takes the user to a pretty legitimate looking video from the Wall Street Journal on the topic of bitcoin being shut down by the feds, except for the fact the user isn't on the Wall Street Journal's homepage. Instead, they're on a site belonging to a....
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