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Ross Ulbricht’s followers and others donating to his cause are being targeted by scammers using phishing attacks on social media, especially Telegram. The scammers are capitalizing on the public support that the pardoned Silk Road founder is getting, with his supporters and the general public donating to the cause. The phishing attacks, initiated by criminals, have been targeting unsuspecting users, trying to steal the funds meant to be donated to Ross Ulbricht. Ross Ulbricht was released from federal prison on Tuesday following a presidential pardon from United States President Donald Trump. Trump signed the executive order effecting his release on January 21, granting him a full and unconditional pardon. Before the pardon, Ulbricht had been serving two consecutive life sentences plus a 40-year sentence without parole since 2015. He was charged as the owner of Silk Road, a platform notorious for facilitating illegal activities, using Bitcoin to facilitate transactions. Scammers target Ross Ulbricht’s donors with phishing attacks After Ulbricht was released from prison, well-wishers and supporters started donating to support the Silk Road founder, a development that has now been hijacked by scammers. The scammers took advantage of the excitement of his release, spreading their links across microblogging platform X and Telegram. For instance, an account, which has since been removed, shared a link in the replies. The account, claiming to be connected to a Telegram channel for updates, had the post liked 317 times before it was removed. Before the account was removed by the moderators on the X platform, it was spotted by the account of the cybersecurity foundation platform VX-Underground, which alerted and warned users about the link. The alert told the users that the link would lead to malware being installed on people’s devices. The account highlighted that the real Ross Ulbricht account was being spammed,…

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Filed under: News - @ January 25, 2025 3:24 pm