Users of the social media platform X (Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post with an external link but arrive at an entirely unexpected website from the one displayed. A Twitter ad spotted below by a security researcher shows forbes.com as its destination but instead takes you to a Telegram account.

  • dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    TL;DR: bad actor redirecting X’s bots to well known links. But redirects people to spam sites. The example give was someone pushing crypto.