In March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to fight fraud in social networks, which offer "free" cryptocurrency, counterfeiting accounts of famous entrepreneurs and experts.
The fulfillment of that promise took almost six months now the platform began to block users if they try to change the name of your account on Elon Musk. About it writes .
theThe social network said that in February there were several thousand fake accounts Mask, the owners of which try to steal users ' money by distributing "free" cryptocurrencies. The attackers offered to send some coins in their wallet as "confirmation", and in response promised to return a large amount.
Twitter announced that automatically locks the account, whose name changed to Elon Musk. Thus to The Verge that to remove this kind of lock is easy — simply enter the captcha and confirm the phone number.
The company refused to comment on this issue. A representative of Twitter said that in the near future the system will work and the names of other well-known entrepreneurs.
Changes in the security policies of Twitter users are waiting for a long time — but so far only got a system that works half. It's funny that the abundance of scams the Mask. The decrease in the volume of cryptocurrency fraud after the taken actions hard to believe.
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