Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet X Account Hacked
The party urged users not to click suspicious links as officials said the account was used to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
- On Wednesday, Bloc Québécois spokesperson Joanie Riopel confirmed that Leader Yves-François Blanchet's Twitter account was hacked, with fraudulent posts promoting a cryptocurrency investment scheme.
- Posts appearing Tuesday and Wednesday advertised a so-called "crypto-trading expert," falsely claiming Blanchet turned $800 into $20,000 in two days with inconsistent currency symbols.
- The Bloc Québécois urges the public not to click any links from these cryptocurrency posts while seeking swift collaboration from Twitter administrators to resolve the breach.
- Common cryptocurrency scams involve "get rich quick" promises and scammers impersonating public figures, according to The Canadian Bankers Association, making this breach a textbook exploitation.
- Similar fraudulent content surfaced on Blanchet's account earlier this week; The Bloc team removed those messages, signaling a pattern of recurring targeting of the leader's profile.
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Bloc leader's X account restored 2 weeks after bitcoin hack
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Yves-François Blanchet has regained control of his X account, which had been hacked
MONTREAL - The leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, has regained control of his personal account on the social media platform X, which had been hacked.
Bloc Leader Blanchet Promoting Crypto? X Account Was Hacked, Party Confirms
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet drew attention in recent days after his social media accounts appeared to begin promoting cryptocurrencies. His party confirmed on July 22, however, that a hacker was behind the posts made on his X account. “The ‘X’ account of the Bloc Québécois leader, Yves-François Blanchet, has indeed been hacked,” the Bloc said in an X post. Blanchet’s press secretary, Joanie Riopel, urged the public not to click …
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet X account hacked
The Bloc Québécois confirms that the account of its leader, Yves-François Blanchet, on the social network X has been hacked. On Wednesday morning, two posts promoting cryptocurrencies were still online on Blanchet’s account on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. In a statement on the same social network, Blanchet’s press secretary, Joanie Riopel, […]
The account had been broadcasting dubious publications for several days.
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