Deepfake Elon Musk Bitcoin 2024 livestream, MOG holder phished for $148K, stupid ransomware backdoor in ESXi server software. Crypto-Sec.
Crypto scams, hacks and exploits and how to avoid them: Crypto-Sec
As the Bitcoin 2024 conference was taking place on July 25-27, crypto users lost over $79,000 due to a deep-fake AI livestream of the conference. The fake livestream featured footage of Elon Musk giving a speech, but while Musk had been rumored to attend, he did not actually speak at the conference and obviously had no involvement with the video like countless other Musk related scams online.
Michael Dunworth, co-founder of crypto payments service Wyre, reported the deep-fake scam through a post to X on July 26. Ive had people call me telling me Elon Musk is giving free Bitcoins away at Bitcoin 24, he stated. No wonder, they have a fake live stream with dubbed voice over, and 70k+ (fake) people watching the live stream.
