Doctor Who’s Amy Pond has her Twitter hacked

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Karen Gillan, the Scottish actress who plays the character of Amy Pond in BBC’s “Doctor Who” TV series, has had her Twitter account compromised.

Almost a quarter of a million followers of the popular actress – who recently left the hit sci-fi show after being sent back in time by Weeping Angels – could be tricked into believing that she has found a way to lose weight that doesn’t involve the Adipose.

Clicking on one of the links takes you to an all-too-familiar Acai Berry diet website, posing as a news story…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.

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