Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Verified @AlmostHumanFOX Twitter Account
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: An apparent hacker is able to hack a discontinued TV show's verified Twitter account (@AlmostHumanFOX) to impersonate Justin Sun, the founder of the decentralized Tron currency and promote a cryptocurrency scam.