19 Feb scammers pose as Coinbase to steal Bitcoin
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A popular YouTube gaming channel was hacked over the weekend and rebranded to pose as a Coinbase channel in order to scam viewers out of their Bitcoin.
Neebs Gaming, which has currently has 1.88 million subscribers on YouTube, reported the hack on Saturday, warning followers not to click on any links in the videos on its channel.
URGENT: It looks like our YouTube account has been hacked. PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN OUR VIDEOS. Hackers are known for attaching bogus links to hacked accounts. we will keep you posted once the situation has been resolved @YouTube please help us with this
— Neebs Gaming (@NeebsOfficial) February 15, 2020
The unidentified crypto scammers have changed the channel’s name and banner to Coinbase Pro in an attempt to mislead subscribers and viewers to participate in fake Bitcoin giveaways.
The hackers exploited the Coinbase Pro brand, posing as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, and titled the livestream video: “Coinbase CEO announced the greatest…
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