
Hackers frequently attempt to take over big social media accounts in the hopes of convincing followers that they are seeing authentic promotions from people they support. Passan’s Twitter backdrop was changed to a white image with the words “I’m back” in allusion to NBA legend Michael Jordan’s famous phrase when he came out of retirement to play for the Chicago Bulls for a second time. The attack was short-lived, with ESPN apparently restoring Passan’s account within two hours. PLEASE BE CAREFUL & DON’T GET SCAMMED- SKULLTOONS March 10, 2022

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CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Looks like got hacked by someone trying to scam our community… Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account – CNN Business’ Michelle Toh contributed to this report. (NFLX) told CNN Business last week that it was not affiliated with the cryptocurrency, and declined to comment further.ĬNN Business reached out to developers of the SQUID project through contact information listed on its website, and did not immediately receive a response. Executives have pointed to the show as evidence that its growing slate of international content can resonate with a variety of audiences.

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The company told CNN Business earlier this month that it had been viewed by 111 million accounts since its debut in September, making it the company’s “biggest-ever” series launch. “Squid Game”- a dystopian fictional drama - has become Netflix’s top show globally. Another red flag: Investors could buy – but not sell – SQUID.ĬoinMarketCap also warned potential investors that SQUID was probably a scam, displaying a warning to “exercise extreme caution” if they bought the crypto. GIzmodo pointed out numerous signs it was a scam, including its (now disappeared) website being filled with spelling errors. SQUID was billed as a token that can be used for a new online game inspired by the popular Korean language series, which is based on a deadly tournament of children’s games. The scam, which was reported by Gizmodo, is called a “rug pull.” That means the crypto’s creators cash out of their coins in exchange for real money, quickly devaluing the crypto’s value.īefore the rug pull, the crypto’s market cap was a little more than $2 million, according to CoinMarketCap. The cryptocurrency, appropriately called SQUID, surged as high as $2,861 before falling to $0 as of Monday, according to CoinMarketCap. A digital currency based off the popular Netflix series “Squid Game” is trading at $0 after its creators cashed out, effectively stealing an estimated $2.1 million from investors.
