Malicious actors appear to have infiltrated the New York Post\u2019s X account in an attempt to scam crypto users on the microblogging platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some X users from the crypto community have recently reported<\/a> having received a private message from the New York Post\u2019s X account inviting them to feature in a podcast and to contact them via Telegram.\u00a0<\/p>\n The spurious messages were first discovered<\/a> on May 3 by Kerberus founder and CEO Alex Katz, who shared a screenshot of a message made out to be from author and journalist Paul Sperry via the official nypost account.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting about this case is that the scammer gained unauthorized access but didn\u2019t post a Pump.fun address or wallet drainer. Instead, they\u2019re messaging users and then directing them to Telegram,\u201d observed<\/a> cybersecurity engineer and NFT collector \u201cDrew\u201d.<\/p>\n Related: <\/strong><\/em>\u2018I\u2019m sick\u2019 \u2014 Scammers use AI, fake ID of crypto influencer to steal $4M<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n After sending the message, the scammer blocks users from replying to prevent the actual New York Post team from being alerted to the compromise, he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Donny Clutterbuck from NFT Bitcoin\u2019s ordinals platform Fomojis also reported<\/a> having been contacted by the hacker, suggesting that it could be a potential Zoom exploit from enabling audio.\u00a0<\/p>\n When you click to enable audio, a pop-up gives the option to either cancel or enable WiFi, he said before adding, \u201cI guess WiFi gives network access to the scammer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said this compromise was similar to one from a few weeks ago when direct messages were sent from The Defiant\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n Private message from New York Post\u2019s X account. Source: <\/em>Alex Katz<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Cointelegraph contacted the New York Post for more information but did not receive an immediate response. There was nothing regarding the social media compromise on the NYP or Sperry\u2019s X feeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Scammers have increasingly shifted their social engineering techniques to messaging users directly after having established trust from previous conversations, and video conference platform Zoom has become a hotbed of crypto scams<\/a> recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n In April, Emblem Vault CEO Jake Gallen warned users<\/a> to be wary of malicious actors using Zoom after losing $100,000 in crypto assets. Gallen was also contacted via X to arrange a Zoom interview during which the scammer installed malware that drained his wallets.\u00a0<\/p>\n It is not the first time the New York Post\u2019s verified Twitter account has been hijacked. In 2022, an employee hacked the account<\/a> to post a series of obscene messages designed to look like real headlines.\u00a0<\/p>\nScammers seeking victims on Zoom\u00a0<\/h2>\n