Microsoft's X account appears hijacked, pushes Clippy crypto scam
tomwarren · x · 2026-10-02
The Verge reports Microsoft's official X account followed and reposted an obvious Clippy-themed crypto scam account and briefly changed its profile picture to Clippy. The posts were removed, but a strange "apology" tweet appeared 30 minutes later and was quickly deleted. Either a rogue social admin or a full account takeover.
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