Fake crypto-project accounts surface on Threads

Fake crypto-project accounts began appearing on Meta’s Threads microblogging service.

On July 8, the DeFi platform Wombex Finance posted a warning about a fake account that had, at the time, 41 followers.

On July 6, Taiwanese entrepreneur Jeffrey Huang (Machi Big Brother) was alerted to a fake Threads page created in his name.

At the time of writing these accounts had not posted links promoting the scam. Their activity was fairly low.

On July 4, the microblogging service became known. The app appeared in the App Store two days later. After that, on Twitter threatened to sue Meta Platforms for using the company’s intellectual property in the new product.

On July 6, unknown individuals hacked Aptos’s Twitter account.

Earlier, the attackers gained control of Circle’s top executive Dante Disparte’s Twitter account and of the Twitter account of The Sandbox metaverse CEO Arthur Madrid.