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                Woz Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Impersonation Scam

   Josh Centers

   The Verge reports that, in conjunction with other famous tech
   entrepreneurs, Apple co-founder [1]Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube for
   failing to police scam videos featuring his likeness. In the videos,
   the scammers promise that Wozniak will return double the amount of
   Bitcoin sent to a certain address. Other similar videos reportedly use
   the likenesses of other tech leaders, including Bill Gates and Elon
   Musk.

   Bitcoin scams have been popular lately, most notably in the recent mass
   Twitter hack, in which hacked accounts of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon
   Musk, Barack Obama, Kanye West, and others promised the same thing: a
   doubling of whatever Bitcoin was sent to a certain address. It exposed
   a major hole in Twitter security, and apparently netted the
   perpetrators over $100,000. If you're interested in the details,
   [2]Brian Krebs has a detailed analysis.

   [3]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21335554/steve-wozniak-youtube-lawsuit-bitcoin-scam-cryptocurrency-apple
   2. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/07/twitter-hacking-for-profit-and-the-lols/
   3. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21335554/steve-wozniak-youtube-lawsuit-bitcoin-scam-cryptocurrency-apple

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