PS5 scammers hijacked and rebranded the twitter accounts owned by NHS Horizon chief transformation officer Helen Bevan, one of which was a personal account that featured 97,000 followers.
Bevan’s second account was for her ‘celebrity’ pet cat which boasts 36,000 followers. Both accounts were wiped and rebranded as profiles designed to sell PS5 consoles. The systems were reportedly advertised for sale at upwards of $450/£320.
While Bevan has since managed to reacquire her accounts, she received dozens of messages from people who were scammed by the PS5 account. Furthermore, they were hacked the day before Bevan was due to lead an online event for thousands of people, encouraging people to engage with her on Twitter.
They were following Walmart, Dixons, PC World, Target. They would wait for them to tweet about PS5s and then reply, saying we’ve got PS5s in stock now, DM [direct message] me.
The NHS executive also revealed she was approached by someone promising to have her accounts restored with 25 minutes for a £100 fee.
I don’t think he did anything, he kept sending me films of computer files whirring, saying this is me doing your work. Then he said he had got it back, but Twitter had changed the verification and he needed an extra $100, then he wanted a service charge… they prey on desperate people.
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