Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.

The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.

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I don’t care about the environment because line go up

FIFY

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Then invest in ETH instead. It uses proof of stake instead of proof of work.

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You are proof that the only people interested in crypto do it to try and become rich.

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That user only represents some of crypto. There are others like myself who are not in it to get rich, but to maintain sovereignty in a surveillance state and dystopian world such as we are heading for.

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Next you’re probably going to claim people who go to work just do it for the money.

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Well obviously. Why bother elsewise?

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You see no problem with a proof of stake ‘’‘currency’‘’?

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None whatsoever. I’m staking ETH right now. It’s free money.

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So let’s create a shit ton of ewaste destroying SSD’s?

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Unregistered security token.

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