Breaking: Target (yes, the retail giant) hacked to promote Bitcoin scam

Twitter cryptocurrency scammers have claimed their largest prey ever: hackers briefly hijacked the official account of American retail behemoth Target to push malicious Bitcoin giveaway links to its almost two million followers. The tweet, which has since fortunately been deleted, encouraged users to send a small sum of cryptocurrency for a chance to enter a massive $30 million Bitcoin giveaway (5,000 BTC). As it always goes, instead of giving away cryptocurrency, the scammers merely leave naive investors with empty pockets. This story is developing…

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