Alys Keys reports:
Former Buzzfeed journalist Anne Helen Petersen had been putting the final touches on the latest episode of her podcast last month when an email landed in her inbox.
It warned of suspicious activity on her Substack account and said her ability to send emails would be frozen until she confirmed she wasn’t a bot.
The email was a classic phishing scam.
Hackers using phishing tactics mock up messages so they appear to be from legitimate sources, tricking marks into handing over log-in details or other sensitive information.
The attackers gained access to Petersen’s account, where she has a combined total of more than 25,000 followers across her newsletter and podcast, both called Culture Study. They proceeded to add thousands more email addresses to the mailing list and changed the name of the newsletter, pretending to be crypto wallet company Trezor.
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