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Team Shanghai Alice Twitter Account Hacked, Was Used to Promote Cryptocurrency Scam

Yesterday at 8:21 PM Japan Standard Time, the Twitter account of Touhou Project developer Team Shanghai Alice and creator Jun’ya Ohta was hacked. The alleged attacker shared a link to a shady website in an attempt to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The official Team Shanghai Alice Twitter account which goes by the handle “korindo” hasContinue reading “Team Shanghai Alice Twitter Account Hacked, Was Used to Promote Cryptocurrency Scam”

Drillimation Reportedly Experienced Their Worst Week on Twitter: Users Report Losing Followers Due to Bot Purge

If you lost a lot of followers over the past week, you aren’t alone. Last week, Twitter announced they would start purging bots who repeatedly tag users in cryptocurrency scams. Drillimation had just reached 6,200 followers but ended up dipping to 6,189 followers because of the purge on Monday. It’s not clear when this willContinue reading “Drillimation Reportedly Experienced Their Worst Week on Twitter: Users Report Losing Followers Due to Bot Purge”

Drillimation Liking Activity on Twitter back to normal after automation issue

UPDATE: Twitter has confirmed the cause of the issue was unusual API activity on their servers. This was first reported at 8:54 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) and was fixed at 11:09 PM EDT. Greetings players. Drillimation was barely able to like tweets over the weekend due to an issue giving the message below: ThisContinue reading “Drillimation Liking Activity on Twitter back to normal after automation issue”