Over the past month,Justin Lister, CEO of cyber-security firmAdaptiv, has been tracking the use of Bitcoin vanity addresses abusing Elon Musk's name in giveaway scams. Lister has been collecting the addresses with the help of BitcoinAbuse, a website where users can report Bitcoin addresses...
“Elon Musk” appeared to be giving away Bitcoin, Sebastian recalls. He clicked on the link that redirected him to a ‘professional-looking website on which “Musk” requested anyone with BTC to send it and it would be doubled. Unknown to Sebastian, the site belonged to scammers who had...