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"No, Kroger won't accept Bitcoin Cash. Fake cryptocurrency press release dupes people again."

2021-11-05 [vendor] Fake press release about Bitcoin Cash
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Incident Details

PR Newswire republished a fake press release which claimed that the Kroger supermarket chain would begin accepting “Bitcoin Cash” (not to be confused with Bitcoin) at its outlets. The fake press release was briefly successful in pumping the value of the currency before it was revealed to be a hoax.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
Fake press release about Bitcoin Cash

Timeline

  1. 2021-11-05 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-11-05 Publicly disclosed