Would you resist clicking on a link if Lady Gaga offers a limited edition iPad to on her Facebook fan page?
Yeah, me too! But, the Monster singer isn’t buying us any iPad for Christmas even though she love her fans.
Apparently, someone hacked the US pop diva’s page and scammed quite a few fans into clicking the link to win an iPad. The contest rules and registration were presented as a link to a Blogspot page, according to Graham Cluley from the security firm Sophos, who spotted the scam.
The scam was quickly detected and was taken down within an hour, but not before more than 100,000 people clicked on the link, according to BBC News.
Maroon 5, Lifehouse, and Blink 182 were some of the other performers whose Facebook page was hacked during the same time with similar scams.
According to MSNBC, Lady Gaga’s Twitter account was also hijacked to promote the same fake iPad scam. Gaga later tweeted, “Phew. The hacking is over! And in tme, I’m on my way to Japan! So excited to spend Xmastime with my TokyoMonsters!”
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