Nvidia’s Taiwan Twitter account has been hacked and suspended

Nvidia has had a run of bad luck with cybersecurity this year. Earlier in the year, a ransomware attack was carried out against Nvidia. Now, the company's Taiwan region Twitter account has been breached and naturally, the hacker used this opportunity to run a crypto scam. 

VideoCardz was the first to share this unusual post, where we see an official Nvidia account promoting Dogeathon 2022 and “giving” holders a chance to win some Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum. Accompanying the post, there was a “scammy” picture with Doge, Elon Musk and the Twitter logo.

Image credit: VideoCardz 

The Nvidia Taiwan account has been inactive since 2019, with little to almost no engagement. So, of course, posting something like this was a bit surprising. At the time of the post, the account was “verified”, but it seems someone got a hold of it and tried to use Nvidia's name to make the scam more credible.

The account has since been suspended, but while the post was online, some may have clicked on the link. We don't know the URL's destination, but chances are it was another portion of a phishing scam, or an attempt to steal cryptocurrency.

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KitGuru says: A lot of companies hold onto inactive social media accounts, but if passwords still aren't being changed periodically, those credentials can eventually make their way into the hands of bad actors. Nvidia has not yet commented publicly on the social media issue. 

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