“2000 euros to recover your account”: blackmailing hacked accounts on TikTok

2023-04-21T16:53:34.671Z

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting content creators, worried about losing their livelihood. "I paid 2000 euros, but I did not recover my account" , confesses doctor Yazan Chaban, better known under the nickname @doctor.anesthesia. The anesthesiologist with 350,000 subscribers on TikTok was the victim of extortion from the hacked account. "At the start of the month, I received an email from a profile with a TikTok symbol offering me the certification of my account ," he recalls. "I had be

"I paid 2000 euros, but I did not recover my account"

, confesses doctor Yazan Chaban, better known under the nickname @doctor.anesthesia.

The anesthesiologist with 350,000 subscribers on TikTok was the victim of extortion from the hacked account.

"At the start of the month, I received an email from a profile with a TikTok symbol offering me the certification of my account

," he recalls.

"I had been asking for the authentication badge for several months, so it didn't seem suspicious to me

," he explains.

The alleged employee of the social network then invites him to fill out a form with his identifiers - email and telephone - on a site designed to suck up data.

Then the conversation switches to WhatsApp.

The hacker asks him to change his email and send him the verification code received.

A few minutes later, the ax falls.

The cybercriminal took possession of his account with 350,000 subscribers.

Then comes the threat:

"To recover your account, you will have to pay"

...

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