Hacked verified Twitter accounts continue to spam Elon Musk

11 September 2022 11 September 2022 By : Quick Insurance Guru By : Quick Insurance Guru

Elon Musk continues to be spammed by hacked verified accounts and non-verified accounts sharing links to crypto scams.

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his account was heavily spammed by crypto scam accounts in a bot-like manner.

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Many of these accounts are actually bots, but some are hacked verified Twitter accounts.

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Just five days ago, Elon compared Twitter’s efforts in sending out subpoenas with its efforts of removing the bots and spam.

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Twitter has a bot problem, and in my opinion, doesn’t care.

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Twitter’s average cost per million is around $3.50 compared with Facebook’s $0.59.

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With Facebook, you have to spend more money to get the same type of engagement and click-through rate as Twitter, it said.

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if these are bots doing the click-through rates and visiting the websites from Twitter ads, this is not a good thing.

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According to an opinion by former FBI special agent and now Global Head of Intelligence at F5 Dan Woods, more than 80% of Twitter accounts are bots.

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